My Adoption Legacy

A poem that I wrote for my birth mother, after meeting her when I was 50+ yrs old

I will always feel so much more blessed than you others

For you see, the fact is, I have two mothers.

The first of the two lovingly brought me into this world to stay

Then in love, she knew her only son could have a better way

 

She yearned to be near but it was only in thought

While to the second, this tiny baby was brought

She nurtured, and groomed me for a life that would be great

She loved me and taught me and led me to a path that was straight

 

God has taken her home, never again will I face

The love and the warmth of her sweet embrace

While I am still and always will be her only son

The God of second chances have given me one

 

Another mother I have, she is the one who brought me here

Now through God’s grace, I can finally hold her dear

As I learn of her family and the care, they have wrought

I feel it is the other that will now be here in thought

 

I know in my heart that the person I am now, is the best of each

So to them both, I owe a debt that I could never reach

I will use all the love the second taught me to have for another

To show the first, the love of a son for a mother

 

Although I don’t understand God’s ways, and God’s reasons

The color of the sky or the change of the seasons

I do understand a mother’s love overflows every device

And when my life is over, I will have experienced it twice

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[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thank you for entering my little contest.
I'm sure you will appreciate that I cannot comment now as this would be unfair to other entries.
I shall return after the contest is over.
Very best regards.
Clive.