5 hours sleep

G once said to me he was grateful for every night he had somewhere warm to sleep, was not hungry and got five hours sleep.

What was he saying... he had spent some time where he didn't have that.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/22/40-of-homeless-youths-are-lgbt-and-im-currently-one-of-them

I don't know the current situation in England, but G had to turn 18 to apply for housing.

Between 16 and 18... you get placed in a group home.


And I've had students,... who also clearly have no fixed place of abode.
Sometimes gay as well.

The reality is we have no where to place them, and that's what the funding for.

As to my own contribution....

It is in reality.. that of the adult to the child.. well young adult.

It is the attempt to go back and fix... what can't be fixed.

And perhaps it is also an acknowledgement that..

Although in Trinidad, because of the way we socialise..

There is really more of a gender divide here.. I think it has to do with the society not being open.

And yes, I do complain about the males dominating the discussion, like the rest of the women.

But I also know,.. that ... and that is why I was able to devise an approach for all.

We walk parallel paths. Sometimes very close paths.

And it is a good thing,.. I have had those relationships...

Because without that.. I do not think I would have been able to do what I did.

Wayward weeping voices that you will hear
Each with their own story to tell
And you have the choice to bend your ear
And treat your fellow humans well