Grieving
Healing
Day filled with sorrows
more than salt can hold
abandoned children grieve
now grown ass adults
grief floods hearts
like hurricanes
Lives lost,
Erased,
Invisible,
Silenced,
Deported,
Terminated.
Now parents, grandparents
we are treated like children
nation’s doors slam adopted faces
own your shame
Street corners block family reunions
corrupt agencies
aunts, grandmothers
skin holds lies
secrets whisper decades’ betrayal
Hallmark, FTD, boutique shops proclaim
Where Mother’s Day Wishes Come True
but it’s
a fucking
lie
Deception extinguishes
birthday candle wishes
Mother’s Day our social media detox
try
to survive
this fucking day
Reunions kept family secrets
holiday gathering invites lost
told to end rendezvous
you deny you ever knew us
rejection once wasn’t enough
we wish
we never looked for you
you wish
the same