Adoption
Adoption seems so simple, It can bring so much joy, It gives a child a family, It can bring a child a better life, It ensures a stable future,
It gives a child security, It brings a child love, It gives a birthmother hope to go on, It can bring smiles and laughter, It can make a dark day shine bright,
While adoption can be so complex, We may not totally understand, Published in Korean Quarterly Fall 98 © Katie Tully
and yet it causes so much pain inside
but snatches away a birthmother’s pride
While it loses another
but knowing nothing of its original mother
While forgetting about the past
While the questions asked are always last
While bringing a double self
And gives the child emotions that
have never been felt
While causing many tears
and yet cause so many fears
We might as well agree,
but this is how God wanted it to be!