adoption

the family
how many have that ink
the birth right left and lost
the child abandoned at the church

the heart wrench cut off a limb
a baby of the a womb
remembered rose petals of sex
expectations great concepts

life within you grown
distended you mind the heart and all
the heavy breast that cup ignored
a lock of hair and a name to pawn

to endure the traumu of deserted needs
the afterbirth and the cord
maternity to find the scream and plead
the take away that you regret for years