Hidden Lives Revealed. A virtual archive - children in care 1881-1981 * Image of handwritten text

Lily's Worlds

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Waif girl

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Welcome to my worlds
Sometimes I'm up sometimes I'm down

Today I'm sitting under a tree
With no one beside me
I always wonder is this the way my life is meant to be

No one to love, no one to hate,
No one to be friends with,
I'm all alone in the land of forever
With nothing but my thoughts.

I don't want to cry, it makes me seem weak
I just need someone to love
Someone to love me back
A family to care

I don't know my past, or what the future holds
There's only now

Today I'm sitting under a tree
With no one beside me
I always wonder is this the way my life is meant to be

I want to know about my mum and dad
I want things that I've never had
I want a friend to care for me when I'm feeling sad

I'm sitting alone under a tree
With pictures in my mind of how it's meant to be

I see my mums face just like mine
I see my dad having a good time
I see myself in 10 years behind
And back to where I started
I'm back under a tree but it's not me
It's my mind

by a pupil at The Charter School



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