Valdez Poem by Ramona Thompson

Very so very ashamed of you my wayward child
A bright future you no longer have thanks to your one fatal mistake
Lost and alone you gave in to that seducer
Don't know how you could turn down to pay for your abortion
Everything would have been just fine if you had rid yourself of that brat growing inside when I ask you to
A zoo is what you have made of your once promising young life now

Out of control and ruled by the beasts within
You leave me, my child, with no choice
Nothing left to say but this final heartbreaking thought

As of this very moment I no longer have a daughter

2008 Ramona Thompson