On December 11, 1956
A rare woman gave birth to me
A woman of unconditional love
The umbilical cord of love she shares with me
That she knew something about me
Then someone put their nose
Where it didn’t belong
And took me away from her
Unaware of how love can be so strong
That too something she knew about me
I was adopted by wonderful parents
To accompany an older adopted sister
Love grows in many splendid ways
A loving family from a biological twister
Another piece to the puzzle something about me
At four years old
I was rushed into Boston Children’s Hospital
Severe tummy pains turned into appendicitis
My life almost ended there and then
But my adoptive mother wouldn’t let it happen
For two weeks something she knew about me
A ten-year-old boy with virgin heart was I
Until one day a young girl stole my heart
She knew not what she’d done
She just smiled that smile
And four years later she too knew something about me
I was once touched by the wag of a tail
A dog so happy to be with me
Instilling in me a love for all animals
That the intellect of another species was friendly
They seemed to know something about me
I was brought up to be polite and honest
To not take what does not belong to me
To give to others in need
To know the difference between right and wrong
Stand up for what I believe
Teaching even myself something about me
I spent ten years searching for my birth mother
Only to find her gravesite five years too late
My half-sister thought she knew me well
That I don’t know what love is
For which she stabbed me in the back
Now I know something about her and she about me
Many people think they know me
But it’s not really me they know
They want me to be someone
Who makes them feel better about themselves
Even if it’s made up of lies
Some people fear the truth in something about me
And yet, a select few know me true
They can read between the lines
My beliefs not confused with that of their own
That all I want in life is peace on Earth
For everyone to just get along
Now that’s something about me
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