Generations of Optional Children

How loved are you
because you  
 
were born of
convenience?
 
Even keeping you  
around after birth
 
was optional
 
Imagine if
instead
 
you were so
essential  
 
strangers fought
to make sure
 
it wasn’t  
optional
 
or merely  
convenient
 
or because you  
fit narrow desires

for you to be  
carried or raised
 
but because  
you were  
 
inherently  
 
the foundation
of all they valued?