Lucy Stevens - 11th May 2020
Power in the everyday #ThisIsFostering #FCF20
This time of being shut away
Has brought to mind the every day
The fragile joy, so quick to wane
Which glimmers softly in the mundane
The world has shrunk, it seems to strain
Against the pain it must contain
The children press their palms to glass
Interred with thoughts that cannot pass
But power lies within these walls
Its whisper louder than the squalls
You’ll find it in the side by side
Needle thin, infinitely wide
It’s present in the sticky dough
In hands that knead and stretch and throw
A glimpse you’ll see in pungent soil
Where brand new shoots start to uncoil
It bubbles in the pancake batter
punctuates the aimless natter
screams softly from scarlet brushstrokes
gladdens in the golden egg yolks
A force that jostles in the board game
Nudging out all sense of shame
Winking in the silver foil
Sighing as the carrots boil
It’s in a splinter on soft flesh
Or threaded in a beaded mesh
It tinkles from the homemade charms
Head cocked proudly, folded arms
This, it says, is where you find
That thing rejoining body and mind
The healing balm that comes with touch
And deftly wipes away so much
It’s laid bare in the strengthing bonds
Rustling in the ribboned fronds
It’s woven in the silken plaits
Stands proud in homemade paper hats
It’s in the mundane every day
The things we thought they’d thrown away
It’s in the inner child that pleads
And weeps and laughs and shakes and bleeds
It’s in the brave attempts to teach
And there when tears begin to breach
The void between the old and new
Shards. Made whole. With grit and glue
It’s in the you, the them, the us
It’s in the quiet times and the fuss
In the calm and in the bluster
This is what it is to foster…..
Eastern Fostering Services - The small agency with a strong family feel
Tags: #FCF20, #ThisIsFostering
