Origins Poems

A Letter to My Mothers

    In my dreams I saw you,
    So beautiful, and full of love,
    I climbed up to your tower
    But you were just too far above.

    In my room of darkness
    You came to rescue me,
    I guess it was to dark
    Too hard for you to see me.

    I hung myself upside down
    On my little bed,
    Talking to my fairies
    Escaping from the dread.

    Soon your castle crumbled
    And you came tumbling down,
    You spat at me, words so cruel
    I thought I might just drown.

    You were not my beautiful mother
    For you are , so ugly inside,
    You cut my heart in two
    On my knees I had to crawl.

    I can forgive a lot of things
    For this I've had to learn,
    I needed you so badly
    But all you did was turn.

    Turn away from me
    Not once at birth, but twice,
    I cannot understand
    Was it so hard, to be nice?

    Now I am confused, rejected by adoption
    But once again by you,
    I only wanted one mom, A mom who would love me
    But neither of you do.

    I cannot take the pain again
    From either of you two,
    I guess I have to build my wall
    So neither can get through.

    By: Ayesha A. (An Adoptee)