[ShannonMitchell]

All I could see was your tiny hand
I could hear you cry and the voice of man
He said “take her away, get her out of here….
She’s giving her up, didn’t I make that clear”?
It took them a minute to take you away
But when the crying was gone I realized that was the day
The last day I would see you for so many years
And every day since then I’ve held back the tears
I signed those papers giving up parental rights
The thought of that day haunts every day of my life
I see the pictures and your beautiful smile
I wish I could hold you just once in a while
So many emotions we all went through
They were happy to be new parents
I was devastated to lose you
They called you a gift, the best gift I could give
But you felt torn from my life I didn’t know how I would live
I feel like something’s missing as I go through my life
As I become your siblings mother, and somebody’s wife
My deepest feelings, I don’t know how to explain
I feel guilty knowing that I’m the one to blame
I gave you away, now you’re forced to wonder
Where you get your eyes, they don’t come from your mother
You wonder about me, as I do you…
How much I have changed, and you have too.
One day I will know you, beyond words and pictures
I can’t wait to see you with your brother and sisters
That day is coming, it’s getting so close
I hope you accept the path that I chose
You’re my baby girl; always know in your heart
That when that day comes, never again will we be apart.