Thank You Adoption (Poem)

It Should Be Noted that I was Abandoned in a Very Public Place Where I was Sure to Be Found

Allana Calhoun, Yahoo! Contributor Network
May 17, 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

I'd like to thank this certain thing
If not for it, I wouldn't be living
For I was abandoned

I was born in a country far away
where exactly it's hard to say
for I was abandoned

I was found and put in an orphanage
I had no clue to my heritage
for I was abandoned

My parents left me to live or die
the question I always ask is why
was I abandoned

The orphanage gave to a family
I joined, knowing nothing of my history
for I was abandoned.

With this family I'm happily living
so once again I'd like to thank this thing
that saved me when I was abandoned.

[Poetry Notebook: 5/27/1991]

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