Child of the swinging sixties

A child of the swinging 60s’

a mother all alone,

no one to offer any help

and a father marked unknown.

However, could she keep her child?

When all around screamed shame,

society frowned upon it

and along adoption came.

A problem to correct

decisions for them to make,

unfit, unwed mother

give birth for them to take.

Middle class wealthy family

the balance seems just right,

rid the shameless mother

leave her nothing left to fight.

Baby goes to decent home

a husband and a wife,

never mind the mother

who gave that very life?

Even if a loving home

the child feels less than whole,

so many unanswered questions

fragmented in the soul.

Empty aching arms

two splintered lives to heal,

a past that’s gone forever

and years more pain to feel.