What I won’t miss

Catford, ​It’s been my home for over half a century,
So now I am mixing it up, and to myself that is what I use to say
Now I am leaving as this borough can’t accommodate me anymore, to allow me to stay. 

The place has changed
Drugs, alcohol which brings mental health to its heights 
To a point I am pleased to be leaving
Yet part of me wished they could help me… as I tried to keep believing.

Time for a change 
Pleased to finally leave, 
I have family here and been in this borough since 1977
I recall my secondary school, Catford Boys when I started going to when I was 11. 

I have a mixture of feelings 
I really don’t want to leave, 
But then again, this is a door opened, and a chance God didn’t deceive.

People said to fight to stay, 
But it was my time to go away, 
I rather be in a quiet part of England, and to be around somewhere new as I know all shall be okay.

“Lewisham has been my home since 1973, due to policy and housing crisis… I had to leave.”
Jason
20th August 2026