They say I am obsessing, carrying it too far
By wanting to know my past, admitting it left a scar.
Move on with your life, they whisper in my ear;
Leave it in the past, you can't make up the years.
You have a family, why bother with them.
You belong with us, not with her or him.
I'm not looking to replace or switch families,
Just needing some answers to solve my lives' mysteries.
Does no one understand the struggle I must face
Solving a puzzle with pieces misplaced?
Some have been burnt, their clues left in ash
While others are buried accessible only with cash.
Weighed down by laws set up to protect,
While politicians play games with a noose around my neck.
I know I am not alone for thousands also seek
Adoptees cut off from their past, no paddles to forge the creek.
We will not stop our search, submit or retreat,
Until the puzzle of our life is one day complete!