The Sad Truth - Robyn Travis

Youth and Community Worker Robyn Travis recites his poem 'The Sad Truth' and talks about his soon to be released book 'Freedom From The Womb, Prisoner To The Streets' which is based on his life growing up in two different areas that later turned out to become serious rivals. Torn between loyalties to old friends and new, he beacame heavily involved in the street life in which his friends became his enemies.

'The Sad Truth' is a poem by Robyn Travis written to express his frustrations and the challenges he has faced since turning his life around....

Robyn Travis deserves an accolade for not only being able to step away from the street lifestyle he found himself wrapped within, but also for the ability to articulately reach out to others to say it's not the way forward. 'Freedom from the Womb, Prisoner to the Streets' may be focused on the Hackney & Tottenham street war that erupted in the late 90's and continued for many years, however the poem 'The Sad Truth' shows the depths Robyn Travis has brought to the surface, will speak from the hearts of many of the young men trapped within the street lifestlye and explain exactly why they are trapped by the system, not their peers.

I will be touching back on this book in future and letting you all know when it's released....

Tune of the day

It's no secret that I have a very fiery character, but it amuses me most when people try to take advantage of it. Hot headed doesn't equal stupid. Being a woman of stature and a mother, maturity along the way has helped to rise above some of the situations where it feels I am being drawn back into my hood/ghetto mentality.

Most of time, I would love to get violent, slap, punch or even kick somebody in the face for the high levels of disrespect they show me (always seems to be the people I try nice to for some reason too), however I've been brought up with higher morals than that.

But believe me, sometimes it's hard to not let these imbeciles get the better of me.