cw: reference to domestic abuse

kids are still in abusive homes
kids aren't just 5 years old, kids are also 20
kids are stuck in abusive homes

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i'm calling them kids and not adults
because grown ups always called them
old souls, mature for their age, "adults"
because they looked like it
for a reason - bad stuff, better not unpack now

there's not an age restriction for being a kid
and if you surpass that, it's over
what about the ones who couldn't be kids when they were supposed to? i'm calling them kids because they deserve it
they never got the chance to be carefree-

kids are stuck in abusive homes