
When a former child star's old work resurfaces online, it can feel like nostalgia. In Tylor Chase's case, a decade-old YouTube poem has returned as something far darker, a chilling prophecy of his current struggles with homelessness and mental health.
Chase, best known for his role as Martin Qwerly on Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, has recently been seen apparently living on the streets. The renewed attention has pushed older clips back into view, including a poem in which he described himself as 'a leaf in a running gutter with the inevitable fate of ending up in a drain.'