
Sharon Gebhardt-Williams
PAWLP Summer Institute Multigenre Project
Two Perspectives
Biological Mother
They are mine
I brought them into this world
They are mine
You have no rights to them
They are a physical part of me
The bearing of a child
You know nothing about
They grow inside of you
Become a part of who you are
An extension of yourself
They are mine
A piece of my heart
Remains in that house
A part of me is there
Did you remove
All of the pictures of me?
How will they know I love them?
I wish I could kiss them goodnight
I miss them so much
Will they remember me
As time marches on?
What is best for them?
Certainly not an alcoholic mom.
One with no money to support them
But who loves them
Enough to leave them
In capable hands.
They will always be
A part of me
They are yours
Yet they are ours
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I will not see them again.
Stepmother
They are mine
I am raising them
As if I brought them into this world
They are mine
I do have rights to them
They are part of my heart
They are mine
I carry them with me
Everywhere I go
They are growing in front of me
Becoming a part of who I am
A piece of my heart
How will they know I love them?
I awaken them each morning
Tend to their needs and wants
Kiss their boo boos.
I make their meals and check their homework
I kiss them goodnight
As time marches on,
I will remind them of you
They will know that you loved them
That the choice you made was
What was best for them
In capable hands
They will always be
A part of me
They are yours
Yet they are ours
I will love them everyday.