Long Lost Family

Innocence of a newborn baby remains just that. The time of beginnings turned into an ending of sorrow and reminders of a lost soul. In a third world country Maria had just been born. A single mother, Freya, tired from the morphine from having an urgent cesarean section. Sleep deprived and alone she struggled just to hold her head up. The nursery was taking care of Maria as she didn’t have enough strength. She awakes, and her new baby was not in her bassinet next to her where she should’ve been. There cries a mother. Screaming in pain for her lost child. The baby nowhere to be found. The hospital was searched and Maria was never to be held once by her mother. Never to be fed from her breast as planned. Years went by and Freya searched in a country where there was not much help to be found. Relentless she suffered for many years. A daughter gone. Blood of a woman who carried a baby for over nine months abandoned. Troubled and afraid. Tormented, she felt a loss so severe she would never recover. Her daughter wasn’t being taken care of the way she should have been. She could’ve been dead. Years of questions with every muscle in her body aching. She never gave up. There lies Maria. Over three decades later laying in her bed every night feeling different. She looked nothing like her parents. Tan skin with dark brown eyes and long brown hair. Her parents were fair and light haired. No similarities between them and Maria craved to feel a part of a family who truly belonged to her. She knew what she had to do. After researching at the hospital she was born she found out the truth. The labor and delivery nurse stole her and took her far away. She had never known she was stolen at birth. She had never known her birth mother ever existed. She froze. She felt distant. Taking the hospital records she found the information she needed. She was distressed and ran away as soon as she could. Needing to know her birth mother ravaged her brain daily. She pursued every lead. Inquisitive minds think alike as Freya had still been searching for her. Cloudy days bring sadness but this time they brought joy. A mother was reunited with her daughter. Hugs can never be long enough. The strain of time apart is exhausting and cannot be explained. The both of them cried in relief. Departed for years, yet never forgotten. Maria didn’t even know how complete life could be. She missed her birth mother, even though she never knew she existed. Long lost family - Poetry Contest Sponsor: Silent One Date Written: July 30, 2016