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~~Legacy of an Adopted Child~~
Once there were two women
Who never knew each other
One you don't remember
The other you call mother.
Two different lives
Shaped to make yours one
One became your guiding star
The other became your sun.
The first gave you life
The second taught you to live in it
The first gave you a need for love
The second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality
The other gave you a name
One gave you the seed of talen
The other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions
The other calmed your fears
One saw your first sweet smile
The other dried your tears.
One gave you up -
It was all that she could do
The other prayed for a child
And God led her straight to you.
--And now you ask me
Through your tears
The age old question
Through the years
Heredity or environment-
Which are you the product of
Neither my darling, neither
Just two different kinds of love.
*unknown author*
Thank you.
That was awesome, I wasnt adopted but I was put up for adoption. I wish I never knew my parents and Im not sure to this day that my dad is my real dad. Nice poem it was cool you put it on.
Again, I'm not the author of this incredible poem.... indeed, I wish I knew who WAS.
Indeed a heartwrenching poem here...filled with pure sincerity and warmth.... true love like this does transcends into splendid lines like these, adorned and intensified by that muse of yours... smilesz... 'Two different lives Shaped to make yours one One became your guiding star The other became your sun.' i guess this stanza is the MOST striking. Smilesz.... wonderfully phrased, i add.