Poems I'll Never Write

Poem where the judge grins over the adoption papers

Poem where you tell me I'm still not your real mom

Poem where you call me mom on purpose

Poem where my name becomes a weapon with no blade

Poem where I promise your mother that she will not lose you

Poem where you change your name to something that fits better

Poem where your mother and I watch you walk across a stage, down an aisle, away from us and looking back

Poem where I finally accept that I can't protect you

Poem where you come home for Passover

Poem where you call our house home again

Poem where you say I'm glad we made it

Poem where I say I wasn't sure we would

Poem where nothing is a promise of forever

Poem where everything is the best I can do

Poem where you watch the sunset from my mother's porch and kiss her goodnight