subject: The Emotional Life of Adolescent Abuse - A Daughter's Poetry [print this page] The Emotional Life of Adolescent Abuse - A Daughter's Poetry
The following words and poetry were written by Kallel Hunter. She has graciously allowed me to share them with you.
My name is Kallel and I am 13 years old. I live in the U.K. and have Irish, Jamaican and Barbadian in me. I also have two sisters and 3 brothers. I am the eldest. We don't live together anymore. Two are living with my mum in Birmingham; one is living with her mum (my granny) in Leicester and two are living with me and my dad and my step mom.
Living with my mom was like keeping a secret and living two lives. She drank and made us lie to everyone. She called us unpleasant names and moved us around all the time. She used me as a slave, used emotional blackmail and made us risk our education all for a fool she followed around. Living with my mum was draining me and finally, I had to leave. Many people didn't know and still don't know the real reason I left. I'm not doing it out of spite, I just want to better myself and not feel so negative anymore.
The things that inspired me to start writing poetry were mainly my emotions and to try and understand things around me mainly my mum. Poetry to me is like a friend to talk to, but with my emotions which is a good thing and I enjoy doing it. Sometimes it's not good things that inspire people. But what I find is that whatever inspires a person, they have the power to change it in to something positive.
