A Another Way
I was a young girl, and I didn't
know who to trust.
A person that was supposed to
love me,
Violated me in the worst way.
I looked at mom’s husband as
a father.
You see, I never knew my dad
and he was the only male figure
in my life.
My world came crashing down two
years ago when I woke up in the
middle of the night with him wedged
between my thighs.Fast forward, I'm
pregnant, and I’m sitting in an
abortion clinic.
I can't have this monster's baby.
I tried to bond with the baby growing
inside because it was a part of me.
All I felt was pain and disgust, to be
honest there was no connection at
all.
I felt like I was carrying an alien.
People judge, and I get it, I never
wanted to take a life.
Deep in my thoughts, a lady gave
me a pamphlet about adoption.
My child is alive today because a
kind lady showed me another way.
I didn't have it in me to raise my
child because I wasn't that strong.
But she is now being raised by a good
family that couldn't have their own
biological child.
Please don't judge me, show me a
better way, until you walk a mile………………....
*This is a fictional write inspired by me reading
David Kavanagh’s poem “ Parental Advisory
Alexis Y.
08/02/2021
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