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Dear Destroyer of the future generations: Foster Care


Dear Foster Care System

You've made empty promises for years 

I'm tired of your lies that keep holding us back

I won't let you be the knife that keeps us apart

For many years I've stood by and watched you rip lives apart

Lives of many that are too lost and afarid to speak their mind

Lives that are unaware of the destruction you have created and continue to build

Lives that have tried and failed to put a stop to your cruel ways

Lives that will be blind sided by how deep your scares run

But I will no longer stand by as you cut deeper into those children that have nobody

I will not let another child fall victim to you

You are no longer allowed to drown them into this endless cycle called foster "care"

You are no longer allowed to trick the community into thinking they are juvenilles 

You are no longer allowed to seperate foster children from the community

You are no longer ruin our future generations

The power of commuity, love and education are stronger than you

Elena Castillo- Feburary 8th, 2018

 

 

 

 

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mholloway
<p>I love this, it&#39;s encouraging and meaningful, for those of us incapable of wanting to keep trying and failing at fighting back this system to improve it for the kids.</p>

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