Laura Mckenzie Poet Bio

My Birthday!

Today is my birthday
To celebrate my life
Fifty-one years ago 
A woman had a choice  
So she gave me away 
For that she has no voice
Into the arms of another family I went 
It’s been years I ‘v silently vent 
God makes plans for all those in need 
I guess my Mother could effort to feed 
Gone from her hand 
Gone from a strange land 
Here in America I had to learn new speech 
I will always thank God for his lessons 
That reach 
I have had a better life
I just wish I could get rid of this emotional strife
I carry and whole in the pit of my heart 
You see 
I never know my blood Mother 
At birth we had to part! 

2/24/08

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