Lookupuk.com - Ireland (Adoption Related) Board
Message #33380
| Board Name: Ireland (Adoption Related) |
| Catherine and Arlene |
UK |
Jul 11, 2000 |
On the day of my birth
There were no loving arms to greet me
There were no smiles to mark my coming
There were no sounds of laughter and delight
Cooed by birth relations as they
Tickled my tiny feet and
Counted each finely nailed toe.
On the day of my birth
There was no mother's milk
There was no father who even knew
There was no flash photography or flowers
Or helium balloons strewn with curly pink ribbon
And emblazoned with the words
"Welcome! It's a girl!"
On the day of my birth
There were nurses in masks
There were doctors with forceps
There were blinding lights and a woman
On a cold hospital table with her eyes shut hard
And a representative from an adoption agency
Who'd find me a "good home" in six weeks
If the scales and thermometers and tape measures
deemed me saleable.
So on this, the day of my birth
You'll pardon me if I don't feel like celebrating
IF YOU ARE ANGRY AT NOT BEING GIVEN ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION SURROUNDING YOUR ADOPTION OR ARE SICK AND TIRED OF PAYING FOR THE VARIOUS CONTACT REGISTERS PLEASE CONTACT THE EMAIL ADDRESS SHOWN AND TELL US YOUR STORY WE ARE TRYING TO GET ENOUGH SUPPORT TO FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE ON THE OUT OF DATE ADOPTION LEGISLATION
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