My New Name

Dear My Future Children,

Painful contractions

Beautiful recollections

Raising you through your life

Protecting you from the world’s knife

All my love I give to you

All my life I have given to you

One bright path has closed

But I wouldn’t change the road I chose

For you have given me a new name

For you have created a great change

I hope one day to make you proud

I hope one day that you will shout

That in this world of color

You are proud to call me mother