A POEM ABOUT HAVING AN ADOPTED CHILD TAKEN FROM YOU

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN
HOW CAN THIS BE
MY SWEET LITTLE CHILD
TAKEN FROM ME

I'VE HAD HER SINCE BIRTH
I'VE WATCHED HER GROW
THE VOID THAT THEY'VE CAUSED
ME THEY NEVER WILL KNOW

I ROCKED HER BACK TO SLEEP
AT NIGHT WHEN SHE AWOKE IN
HER CRIB i GENTLY WIPED THE
CARROTS FROM HER MOUTH
WITH HER TINY BIB

I WATCHED HER SIT
AND CRAWL AND WALK
TAUGHT HER THE ALPHABET
WHEN SHE LEARNED HOW TO TALK

I SHOWED HER HOW
TO TIE HER SHOE AND EVEN
THOUGH SHE GOT FRUSTRATED
SHE SOON LEARNED IT WASNT'
THAT HARD TO DO

THEN OFF TO SCHOOL
AS WE SAID OUR GOOD-BYES
BEING STRONG FOR HER
BUT WANTING TO CRY

THE STORIES SHE'D TELL
AS WE LAY IN THE SUN
LOOKING AT CLOUD PICTURES
AND HAVING SUCH FUN

AND EVEN THOUGH
NOT BIOLOGICALLY MINE
THERE WAS NO ONE MORE PRECIOUS THAT I
COULD EVER FIND

THEN ONE DAY
A DECISION WAS MADE
I SUDDENLY FELT AS
THOUGH I'D BEEN BETRAYED

HOW COULD THEY EXPECT ME
TO JUST GIVE YOU AWAY
WHEN WE CREATED SUCH A BOND
FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY

BUT TAKE YOU THE DID
AND MY HEART WAS RIPPED OUT
I BEGAN CRYING
AND I WANTED TO SHOUT

GIVE ME MY DAUGHTER
I LOVE HER SO MUCH
I WILL LONG FOR HER SMILE
AND I WILL LONG FOR HER TOUCH

AND NOW THAT SHE'S GONE
MY LIFE'S NOT THE SAME
I GAZE AT YOUR BEAUTY
OF YOUR PICTURE IN THE FRAME

I PRAY YOUR ALRIGHT
AND YOUR GETTING GOOD CARE
I LOVED YOU SO MUCH
THIS ISN'T EVEN FAIR

BUT GOD HAS A REASON
FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES
I SURE WISH IT COULD ALL
GO BACK TO THE WAY THAT IT WAS

IN MY MEMORY FOREVER
I WILL KEEP YOU THERE
OF ALL OF OUR GOOD TIMES
THAT ME AND YOU SHARED