black woman, adopted into a white family as an infant; mother of 2 girls; part-time insomniac; ex-lawyer; interests include: family stories, culture, race, books, writing, art, parenting, other adoptees, gardening…
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Jae Ran (Harlow’s Monkey)
The Ribbons Are Alive
LATTER DAY JOYS UNFOLDED
IN THE LIFE OF THIS ADOPTED CHILD
AS HIS CHILD-MADE CASTLES OF HOPE
BECAME AN [OH-SO-PRECIOUS] FIND,
HIS FEVERENT WISH ANSWERED
FROM THAT OFT VISITED PRIVATE WORLD
WHERE REAL TIME STILLED
AND ALL DREAMS BECAME KIND.
STEELING FROM THE WIND
LIKE A TRANSPLANTED FLOWER
ON A BORROWED FIELD
WHERE THE SUNLIGHT HALF SHONE,
NO ONE ASIDE FROM GOD
FELT HIS TENDER LONGING….
“I KNOW MY REAL MOMMY IS COMING.
IS THAT HER ON THE PHONE?”
I CANNOT MOVE AWAY
FROM THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE STORY
AS THIS CHILD AND I ARE STILL PLAYING
CARVING RIBBONS IN THE SKY,
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE GOOD
THE WISHES OF ALL ADOPTED CHILDREN
THOSE SPECIAL SPECIAL KINDRED SPIRITS
WHO MAKES THEIR GUARDIAN ANGELS CRY.
Rudi RichardsonUdo Ackermann