Life as a foster kid

I’m sixteen looking for a family.

Who will want me?

Sure I got issues,

But who doesn’t?

I meet a new family,

I think I hit it off.

I get excited,

Could this be it?

Have I finally found a family meant for me?

Months later,

And no phone calls come for me.

I deflate.

Who was I kidding,

When I thought it could be that easy?

So I keep looking.

I keep talking to families.

But no-one seems to want me.

I can’t say I blame them.

I’m sixteen and a half.

I’m mad angry.

Why’d my family have to give up on me.

Why’d they have to put me through all this bull shit.

I’m sick of talking to different families.

None of them will want me,

So what’s the point?

I got to many issues,

Add that to almost being an adult,

The odds are not in my favor.

I lash out.

I’m a cool person,

Why does no family want me?

Why’d my family have to give me up?

I’m a month away from being seventeen.

I give up.

No-one will want me.

I just have to come to reality.

I’m going to be on my own from now on.

Who needs a family anyways?

I wish it were that easy.

All I want is for a family to want me.

Why is that so hard?

What is so wrong with me that no-one wants me?

Who needs a family anyways?

I’ve gotten used to being on my own.

I’ll do fine.

I’ll make everyone that turned me down,

Realize it was a mistake.

I’ll become famous,

And make something out of myself.

I wish someone would want me.

I don’t need anyone,

But I want someone there for me.

I’m just a kid.

I’ve had to grow up way too fast.

Cause that’s what being a foster kid does to you.

It forces you to grow up way too quickly.

It forces you to be an adult,

When you're still a kid.

All you want is a family,

But you eventually come to reality.

The only person you can count on is yourself.

So you stop relying on others.

You're on your own.

Your an adult,

when you should be just a kid.

You shouldn’t worry about having someone to be there for you.

You should be sheltered,

But you're not.

Other kids get to enjoy life,

But you walk through it on your own.

When your a foster kid,

It’s every person for themselves.

You learn not to trust others.

After all nobody ever stays,

And no-one is there for you forever.

Most kids have the innocence of being able to trust,

But when you're a foster kid,

You realize trust is a make believe concept,

And you realize the only person you can trust is yourself.

Most people have somebody that wants them,

So you start to wander,

When you’re a foster kid,

What is so wrong with me that no-one wants me?

What did I ever do to deserve this?

I’m eighteen,

Now a legal adult.

But I’ve been an adult long before now.

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