Trust of a child
He looks up at you
you are Mommy
you will always take care of him
always protect him
that is what Mommys do
his innocent trust
and belief
in the middle of a war
that you can’t imagine
destroying
and knowing after this
if you survive
he will never be the same
Your Choice
It was 1965
Before Roe v Wade
You had no choice
and
I wonder
if you had a choice
would you have chosen a different life
followed another path
I will never know
I don’t even know
what you believed
if you could have chosen
Would you have chosen me?
Validation
Over time
the mother wound changes
no longer do you wonder if anyone saw it
if they noticed the chasm
the awkwardness
the disconnect
the silence
the ghost of a child
always near
never included
did it really matter
then one day
you receive validation –
a conversation with an old family friend
and the words
“we thought you were adopted”