Before I was a piece of paper, where did I begin?
Falsified birth extract entry number 22694 'A' class fit for adoption From a mother that gave birth and travelled alone Transferring her bloodline to a matronly cap into the unknown. A fertility charm for those that couldn't have one of their own, The fable is told that I smiled from my cot to select my future home A deed foretelling one's own fate, Perhaps from wind or loneliness, A journey of trust and confusion begins. Such is the destiny of my own choosing, the duality of self No similarities apparent, always standing out Not dark, pale and timid but blonde, brown and adventurous, Rootless rebellion, the good-bad adoptee A psychological vagrant seeking another self. Nameless seeds and eggs, mere anonymous donations Adoption, donor insemination or surrogacy Nurturing in utero, ancestral knowledge betrayed, The iron curtain descends, a bogus identity created From the rich to the gay, Madonna to Elton John. Best the child doesn't know cut off from the past Little clean slates to be modelled in an image Commissioned for another's dreams, But beneath the surface secrets lie lurking Neonate awareness lingering, sensing, pondering, wondering. Growing up without a face to reflect upon The little smirk, the longing green eyes, the curl upon the lips No gazing up into the reflections of genetic resemblance, Those intangible signs from which to decide That one is family, owned or disowned. Susan Green
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