Child-adults

Longhill Estate, Hull, 08/10/00

Written after watching “Care”, BBC Wales MM

Child-woman, child-man, child-adults,

In suits, in cars, in families.

Children rearing children,

Half-functioning, half-alive.

Hidden memories,

Hidden pain,

Hidden children.

Screams that go so far

And no further.

Rage that swells and fades,

Swells and fades,

Swells and fades.

Fractured thoughts,

Forgotten details.

Sixteen years of sorrow

Bottled up

With nowhere to go.

When will the cracks come?

When will the leaks leak?

When will the tangled tears

Get their release

And flow?