{"id":3324,"date":"2020-07-23T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3324"},"modified":"2021-07-23T09:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T08:58:35","slug":"michaels-poem-for-nightstop-hosts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/news\/michaels-poem-for-nightstop-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael&#8217;s poem for Nightstop hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"content-full-width-block_60fa757b78be5\" class=\"web-block content-full-width\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"inner  reduced \">\n            <p>Roy and Marian Muir have hosted over 100 young people through Nightstop, at their home in Mirehouse, but they&#8217;ve never had a thank-you quite like this one.<\/p>\n<p>Michael stayed with the couple and chose to write a poem, thanking them for their hospitality and praising the Nightstop network.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the poem here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1092653245&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Depaul UK\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-392854564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Depaul UK<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Michael's Nightstop poem\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-392854564\/michaels-nightstop-poem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael&#8217;s Nightstop poem<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The poem reads:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is what happened to me,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>No-one and no home, unfortunately,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I was trying to get my life back together,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>My thought was I&#8217;d be sleeping in all kinds of weather,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But a bit of help here and there,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I found a lot of people who truly care,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A few talks and phonecalls later,\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Brilliant, wonderful, that would be great, yeah.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Going to stop with a couple who volunteer,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re lovely people,&#8221; they said, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got nothing to fear.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A train ride later I arrive at the station,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Then meet a man who once fought for this great nation,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I was brought to his home where I met his wife,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Taken in, however briefly, into their life,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>They looked after me. Food? Here&#8217;s a plate full,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For the selfless acts they showed me, I&#8217;m forever grateful,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Later in the evening given a bed for the night,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Snuggled up all toasty, turned out the light,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Morning comes and dawn breaks,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Floors creak as the household wakes,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>With an offer of breakfast and a tea-filled cup,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I get sorted to go, with a lunch packed up,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The generosity shown to me, heartfelt and pure,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I appreciate it greatly, Roy and Marian Muir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in 2019, Roy Muir (72) said, \u201cWe live in a four-bed house and our family have all moved out now so we have three beds spare. We\u2019ve been doing it for four years now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s brilliant. We have met some fantastic young people. We get pleasure knowing we have given them a safe place to stay. We get a sense of achievement when they move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Nightstop and what&#8217;s involved in becoming a host, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/nightstop\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"page-tear--bottom \">\n<svg width=\"2880\" height=\"52\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M1440 0H0v14.818h3.252l2.759-1.438h11.084L22.2 8.867h26.635l4.208 2.693h6.804l3.217-3.343h3.17l1.24 1.64h1.494l2.224-1.64 3.295-.816 3.58 3.224 7.352-3.224h12.028l2.746 3.224 3.155-1.758 27.406 10.493 3.79 2.165 2.374-.772h7.758l2.1 1.826 2.708.942 3.536-1.996h8.075l3.35 3.612h8.069l7.448-5.777 1.395 2.165h3.084l1.663-2.165 5.339-.702 5.88 7.342h5.223l3.599-2.479 9.503.965L218.383 26l3.691 1.23 5.156-6.477 7.74 4.384h5.72l-.988-8.166 4.666-1.42 4.633 2.277 4.853-1.555 9.874-4.713 3.503 3.258 15.571 1.455 6.96-1.455 5.414 1.455 5.235-.723 5.938 2.278 1.568-2.278 2.164.723 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