These poems were all written by one young person who had lived at Cross Lee House for about three years at the time they were written.

FEELINGS

There is only one feeling I like, and that is happiness
Because there is a nice feeling when you’re happy
When I’m sad I feel like crying
Probably most people do
When I feel love or care for someone
I just want to run as far and as fast as I can
Being scared just isn’t fun
Unless you are watching a film or playing a game
When I feel angry and mad I don’t like it because I normally hurt somebody
When I feel annoyed I just go quiet
So I think happy is the feeling I like the most

FRONTS

If there is something wrong with me
I don’t like to show it
I always try to put up a front
I hate people knowing what I feel
Because I feel that they have something over me
Scared that they will tell people what I tell them
And everyone else will know my business
So I put up a front when I want to hide my emotions
I don’t show what I really feel
I only let the people I trust the most know what I really feel
Because I know that they really care for me
So please don’t ask me to explain more than this
Because I don’t think that I can.

THE PAST MADE ME WHAT I AM

I’m glad for what happened in the past
Because if it didn’t happen
I wouldn’t be who I am
Or where I am today
I wouldn’t know who or what I do now
The past has made me who and what I am
You may not like what you see
Or the way I am
But I really doubt that you see the real me
And I like me now
So in a way I’m glad of the past
Because it made me who I am!

THANK YOU ALL AT CROSS LEE

Thank you all at Cross Lee
Thank you for the times you held me when I cried
Thank you for all the times you made me admit my mistakes
For being there when I needed help or just needed somebody
For making me not give up when I was ready to
Thank you for showing me I’m not the only person that’s been hurt
For making me see that I should face my problems instead of running away from them
Thank you for making me feel loved
And making me see there is good stuff that happens
For teaching me all sorts of stuff
For letting me know I have a say in what happens to me and that I have the right to say no
Thank you for caring about me
You have all helped me so much you will never know how grateful I am!