TO MY BIRTH MUM ANNETTE ©


To my birth mum Annette

Thank you for giving me life

How i wish that i could have met you

It would have been a dream come true


I often tried to picture your face

And wondered if you looked like me

I would have loved to have heard your voice

Speaking in your native Kerry accent


I often thought of you 

And wondered if you thought of me

I wanted you to know i had a good life

Raised by a loving mum and dad


Back in 1966 when i was born

Life was different back then

It breaks my heart to think you might have suffered

And all you would have gone through


Recently when i found your daughter

It was bitter sweet

I was so happy to have found her

But sad to learn that you were gone


But to hear that you treasured a photo

Carefully protected in plastic

It was you holding me as an infant

Shortly before i was adopted


You never got a chance to tell your children

As God had called you home

But i will always be grateful to you 

Thank you for giving me life ©


Helen Kiely O Regan ©


© Helen Kiely O'Regan