Child Abandonment Poems

we have seen tremulous hearts
seeking, securing adoption
of a child abandoned 
or underprivileged 

then time passes
initial fervour is lost
what was boon is bane
the object secured discarded...

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I sabotaged my eight-millimeter childhood.
I never knew Sartre
But I contorted my latex face,
Burying my nothingness in family films.
My child was scripted to be ugly, skipped...

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KILLING HER OWN.

She carried him for months,
The pain and the suffering
All now dressed in new pants,
The commencements

Dumped in the street
A stranger picked and raised him.
Nursed...

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A CHILD LOST FOR MONEY TO GAIN

The lust for wealth can cause much pain
Hurting and placing a child in pain
Starved of love because of greed
A...

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Me and myself
With no wealth
Struggling to live
Nothing left to give
Alone I sleep at night
In a doorway I might
Or under a bridge
Swarms of midge
An empty ruck...

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You are beautiful
We've loved having you
But you will never see us again.

You were our everything
You were the only one
But you will never see us again.

We...

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I was seventeen, so were you.
With the innocence of a child,
tabhair me mo chroi duit.
(I gave my heart to you.)

Starved of love 'till you came...

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Although I seethe with fingers clenched
to silence this mad virus in my marrow,
the sight of favored quality time for siblings
gnaws this band of jealousy, untamed.
Being...

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