Taken away at birth...
Damaged to human touch...
So I don't like to feel much...
Me and my primordial wound.
I have a hole in my chest...
one that food, sex and drugs cannot sate...
so please don't embrace me unless you can relate...
to me and my primordial wound!
You say you don't see color...
but to you I'm still just another...
and you wonder why I search for my mother...
Me and my primordial wound!
You adopted me but ignore my issues...
so I rain down my sadness into tissues...
so to my adoptive family, I don't miss you!
Me and my primordial wound!
Growing up, white c****** liked to study my every move.
If I showed weakness, they could break in and take control.
In the sunken place, that's mind, body and soul...
and I couldn't scream because white people could do no wrong!
Being adopted is a kinda Hell that doesn't let up.
White community, so black is never good enough.
So, I make beats to ease the pain of racist memories.
Adoptive mother hated n***** and she loved the police!
Catholic church, 666 was always on the wall.
The only black man in the church, so I'll take the fall.
The only black man in the schools, never f***** at all.
No black woman to give me comfort, overall.
Adoptive father, white supremacist ideology.
Still don't know the real reason he adopted me.
Adoptive family is resentful as far as I can see.
They never wanted a little n**** in their family.
Adoptive mother saw the chance to play the savior card.
Raised me from the narcissistic and not from the heart.
So, I have a lot of anger deep inside of me.
I'll make this rap album, so I can be free!
mother
the matriarch
spends time with her children
her heart flows with much love and care
nonstop
* I would like to wish all my soup friends( ladies) a Happy Mother's Day! Whether you are a mother, stepmother, adoptive mother, foster mother,grandmother, or mother figure( aunt, cousin, teacher and etc). Motherhood comes in different ways, it's not restricted to giving
birth.
05/14/2023
Alexis Y.
Domestic feline bliss peaks at its meow,
Cats' mantra - don't sweat about tomorrow!
While humans stress over power of now,
Cats nap, sleep, doze and rest - taking it slow.
Soft to the touch and easy on the eyes,
Will never hurt a fly, but death to mice.
Being pampered and spoiled is a must,
Cat kind demands and dotes on TLC.
Once their adoptive servants earn full trust,
Stroking both fur and ego is the key!
Curled cozy on your lap they purr divine,
Leaving the barking frenzy to canine.
Cats' curiosity may cross the line,
No harm, they bounce right back, quite satisfied -
It's a proud privilege of the feline
To risk one of their lives, utter upside!
We wonder since ancient times to these days
At their amazing, acrobatic grace.
To join cats' club one ought to vow
To purr in discreet dialect of meow.
February 19, 2023
Adonai authors all,
anticipates all,
altruistically acts,
accomodating* acrimonious aliens,
allowing adoptive access.
Beloved bestows blessing,
begetting bliss,
birthing born-again believers.
Creator conveys
captivating covenental communiques;
creatures cogitate,
construct creedal confessions.
Divine drama,
documented,
drives doctrine,
develops delighted disciples
drinking deeply,
delivering doxologies.
* in the sense of reconciling
Giving away a small girl child
Only eighteen months old, but then
'Twas better circumstances when
The adoption papers soon filed
The adoptive family could smile
Biological father and brothers drinking men
Giving away
A small problem, Satan beguiled
Lead them astray, but once again
God had the child in His hand, Amen!
She has love in her heart undefiled
Giving away
Rondine
Date: 10-26-2022
Infertility
Is it a communicable disease?
Is it a blemish to the family?
Is it a detestable status?
Is it an inferior sort?
Is it a shameful disability?
Is it an imperfect position?
Is it a non-human prototype?
Is it a punishable crime?
Is it a reason to be isolated?
Is it a divine curse?
Is it an unholy living?
Is it an immoral sin?
Is it an incomplete existence?
Isn't it a blessing to become an adoptive parent?
My son, my sweet dear child,
You will never understand
How important you are to me.
It is a difficult situation I know.
But you should not have escaped from me.
I am still your mother.
I love you with all my heart.
You have to understand that.
Believe me I would have told you
When you attained maturity.
Yes, you are my adoptive child.
Have I ever shown you lack of respect?
Where your three brothers ever gain
A greater favour than you?
I treated you all the same.
Yet your adoption was necessary.
It was the advice of a doctor
That made us adopt you.
I had no children of my own
And was very depressed.
I needed a child of my own.
You were chosen not left on a doorstep.
And suddenly I conceived.
I was not expecting it.
I have treated you all the same level.
You will not suffer for it.
Please come back home.
Even your father is worried.
You are our first born no matter what.
Your real parents were accidentally dead.
So now this is your true family.
Please, please come home.
I love you too much to lose you.
Apparently- adopted at birth, I
was timely told this when I turned twelve.
Though always adoring adoptive parents-
so oft turned thoughts to my mom's long-lost love.
My birth mother, most meaningfully would
rebuild roots and resolve rumors which I
diligently dismissed and dared dreamed false-
tried telling thoughts- she is genuinely good.
Youth yielded to adulthood; pursuance passed.
Then, one distinct day a caller came crashing
in my life; lost love loomed- luckily to be found!
My birth mom, brilliantly beaming- found me!
Lost love- now forever found! Puzzles perceived!
We soon connected, comingled, caught up.
The "why, when, where" my sacred start began;
the sharing, saying- from which womb I came.
So oft turned thoughts to my mom's long-lost love;
My birth mom, brilliantly beaming- found me!
White donkey had much love and heartfelt affection to give
His most special intergalactic friend was a cat named Liv.
Without any problem, Whitey and Liv agreed on everything,
Best of all, they discovered they both could sing.
Whitey would bray, and Liv would meow in the night.
They would cuddle up together, a glorious interracial sight.
They were the best of friends for twenty years or more.
Thirty even maybe, and this is truly no folklore.
There they go, Farmer Henry said to Louella, his corpulent wife.
I wish the other animals would show such a lack of strife.
Let’s have them give seminars to the others, out in the barn.
So Liv and Whitey did, and it worked like a charm.
The chickens and sheep began to lay with each other.
The puppy took a cow to be his adoptive mother.
The cow cuddled up with the rooster so thick.
The seminar by the two had truly done the trick!
My adoptive mom my grandma model
She a giver
Of herself
In ways
Soft
Kind
Loving
Others first
Giving her time
Caring for grandchildren with special meals
Contest: Double Tetractys # 5
Date: 11/04/2020
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Picture used: #3
Through corresponding Orphan Gates,
Taken out One by One.
Adorned with a Tiara,
Sisters apart, for years.
The first carried out,
Feet unable to perambulate.
First princess over the threshold —
Flies feet first into the carriage.
On each side, adoptive parents.
The second in royal pace,
Glances behind, only for a second.
Takes her place beside her Sister.
Sweet hug, kiss on forehead.
The Pumpkin Coach marches on.
Delicate orange curtains, gentle wind,
guides them forward from the Ukraine
to the promise of America.
What that is - is a mystery to the girls.
Each step will further Freedom.
What freedom is
A home to call their own
A place to run free
Choices, choices, choices…
Celebrate your own
Freedom
What many lack
Is in their own imagination
Turn up gratitude
Find someone
Less fortunate than you
Spend your love on them
Choose
To give abundantly
From your goldmine
Godspeed ahead
10/18/2020
Biological matrescence;
Matrescence;
Biological genetic;
Contributor adoptive;
Volunteer surrogate;
Endearing caring maternal Terms of Endearment;
Mom,
Mama
Mommy, mom, mum,
Mumsy,
Ma,
Mamacita-mommy
~
Matrescence
5/10/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020
Adoptive moms are great. Really!
A special mom will come to you just when the moment’s right.
They’ll show up day or night. They are truly worth the wait!
Adoptive moms are protective.
They’ll never let anyone hurt you. You are so, so special.
They’ll always be there for you and you’ll always have what you need.
Adoptive moms are loving.
They hold you when you cry. They hug you when you’re sad.
They’ll love you and adore you even when you are mad, or really, really bad!
Adoptive moms are helpful.
They notice when you struggle, so they’ll teach you many things.
They want you to succeed with anything that you can dream.
Adoptive moms are strong.
They don’t lose faith when days are long. They won’t give up on you.
They’ll fight when things go wrong. They are people you can depend on.
A ROOM
I went behind those painted walls;
And that I ever saw;
Plaster of Paris wooden slats;
Gypsum board adoptive adolescence;
The period following the onset
Which a wall develops added ceiling floors;
Now becomes a...............................Room
after construction
4/22/18
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
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