Adoption

Not just a pen
A plastic tube
Infused with ink
For the single moment
When tip meets parchment
Ink expelled into fibres
Creating a lasting mark
A permanent vow
A signature
Neatly printed on a scrap of paper

Not just paper
Compressed pulp
With typed words
And signatures
Of grave importance
The responsibility of just one
A name

Not just a name
Letters combined
Into a symbol
For a person
An appellation
To indicate
A human masterpiece
One individual
In a core unit
A family

Not just a family
A home
Laughter and Tears
Shouts and Adoration
Consolation and Correction
Devotion and Love
Woven together
Through history
Through struggle
Through choices
Into an ever changing tapestry
Including each single piece

Not just a piece
A life
Connected to the others
With duct tape
And band-aids
Now pierced
By a needle
Creating a tiny hole
Through which
An unbreakable filament
Is yanked
And pulled
Tightly
Until the ragged edges
Abut those of the others
Overlapping
Puzzle pieces
Fill all the gaps
Left by scars
Hatred
Rejection
So many attempts
To glue this piece
To so many others
But the inevitable holes
Each time
Showed the light of day
But not this time

Each stitch
Expertly sewn
Smoothly creating
An almost unnoticeable seam
Different from the others
In its colour and thickness
But complementary in its design
A permanent home
For the little piece
To grow
And love
And believe

Not a single piece
A part of a whole
The work that was incomplete
Without that piece
Lacking
Unknowingly insufficient
Now beautiful
Strong
Able to add layers
Borders to the outside
Because inside
Cohesive Artwork
Created
By THE Creator


November 16, 2009