Adoption Adoption seems so simple, and yet it causes so much pain inside It can bring so much joy, but snatches away a birth mother's pride It gives a child a family, While it loses another It can bring a child a better life, but knowing nothing of its original mother It ensures a stable future, While forgetting about the past It gives a child security, While the questions asked, always last It brings a child love, While bringing a double self It gives a birth mother hope to go on, And gives the child emotions that have never been felt It can bring smiles and laughter, While causing many tears It can make a dark day shine bright, and yet cause so many fears While adoption can be so complex, We might as well agree, We may not totally understand, but this is how God wanted it to be! Published in Korean Quarterly Fall 98 by Katie Tully

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