Two Worlds

What can you say to us
The “chosen”
The lost children
Of birthmothers
Too wounded, too young, too selfish
To care

What can you do to lessen the pain
The rejection
The anger
The knowledge
Of trashcans and city steps
Orphanages and foster homes

Two worlds
We step lightly in both
Ethereal
Not belonging to either
Floating
Disconnected and distant

What do we say
To mothers born and mothers made
How do we make you understand
The grief
The unconsolable
Unbelievable, undying, unending loss

©2006 Kim Eun Mi Young

~ by eunmi38 on February 19, 2007.