There are several adoption related poems that are special to me. I didn’t write them, but feel the words very deeply and thought I would share two of them here.
Legacy of An Adopted Child
Author Unknown.
Once there were two women, who never knew each other.
One you do not 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, and the second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent, 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 fears,
The age-old question unanswered throughout the years.
Heredity, or environment which are you the product of?
Neither, my darling–Neither, just two different kinds of love.
My Own Child
Author Unknown.
I
Did not plant you,
True.
The season is done,
When the alternate
Prayers for sun
And for rain
Are counted,
When the pain
Of Weeding
And the Pride
Of Watching
Are through,
I will hold you high.
A shining sheaf
Above the thousand
Seeds grown wild.
Not my planting,
But by heaven
My harvest,
My Own Child.
The Family Tree”
Author Unknown
We added to our family tree, a stronger one to make.
A child from another tree, has become our new namesake.
Just as a limb is grafted from one tree to another,
It alters and improves the plant, making it unique like no other.
Our family has been improved, adoption made this so.
For love much more than bloodlines, is what makes us thrive and grow.
We chose to share our life and love, and all the joys to come.
Our family has blossomed with the arrival of our cherished one.
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