One of Street Arts Project team, Nick le Mesurier, has been supporting a gentleman as a Writing Mentor.
Nick said ‘I’ve been working with Kevin as his writing mentor for a few months now. Kevin has been through some hard times, but has come through with strength and courage. He writes almost daily. His poems often deal directly with his own experience and with the principles that inform his life.’
Kevin has agreed we can share his poem demonstrating the power of words as a means to moving on.
“GUARDIANS “… ✍️
Did I have a chance?
Loose mother, addict father and gangster stepfather.
Did I have a chance or rather,
To become them all.
Animal inside,but heart still beating.
Broken from childhood,
This is I become,I had become.
Violence,destruction and done,
Some would blame,but all the same.
I was what they say barbaric.
Not a choice,just is,
I grew to be inhuman.
Don’t blame as know now the difference,
It is what it is and that’s lifting.
Don’t hurt in this world no more,
Love life and that’s now for sure.
But parents and guardians are unconscious,
Trying to be awake ,conscious.
Pain is there and that’s the way,
Bless us as we walk in truth light and the real way 🕊️