Abandoned Child.

Abandoned Child.

Found on road side,

guarded by a loyal dog,

saved by a good Samaritan,

nursed in a foster home,

raised in a home

by loving adoptive parents;

yesterday’s abandoned,

today’s discoverer. 

Mother-what did I do?

father-why me? why me?

mother-your temporary amnesia-

makes you unfeeling and callous.

Father pollinator,

vector butterfly,

peck and go,

pollen dropper,

nectar sipper,

you become unthreaded needle

lost in sea of mankind.

Mother-heart you did not give,

a dog did,

kindness-you did not show,

a good Samaritan demonstrated,

care-you deny me,

foster home gave it to me,

love-I never witnessed from

biological parents,

adoptive parents compensated.

Mother-breastfeeding and

filial relationship-

you held from me,

three-year-weaning,

I did not know;

your face, voice, and

picture,

I lost and mine you lost.

Every child has

biological parents,

at different times-

mine were-

AWOL biological, legal, and

adoptive parents;

life challenges and battles-

I fought alone without you.

Abandoned-yes-adopted,

forsaken yes cherished and

helped by unknown,

deserted but assisted and

supported by intangible

to tangible.

Rejected but accepted

elsewhere,

abnegated by household,

treasured by unknown,

stranded at source,

afloat in faraway land

disowned by my family,

acknowledged by world. 

                                                                    

Lost but Found.