Crown Ward
John Dunn

 

The Children's Aid abducted us from our friends and families
Using chainsaws of authority, they cut down our family trees
Once your stuck in foster care, you wind up living God knows where
Shipped around like a piece mail, till sixteen years when you can bail

To our natural familes, were not allowed to speak
Group home staff are too afraid, us little rats will squeak
They make our file summaries in attempts to satisfy
But cut out all the crap they did and leave us with a lie

They keep our lives a secret, from the public and the press
So nobody can witness this manufactured mess
They say our files are secret so that they can protect us
But in reality, it's so they can repress us

Bound by confidentiality, what a lovely phrase
Hiding sanctioned child abuse for 48,000 days
The longer they procrastinate in giving us our lives
The bigger and more fortified become the crown ward hives


*2006 Written By Former Crown Ward