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Limbo

A poem for all the intercountry adoptees

By Pippa MacPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Limbo
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Broken

Heart hurts

Feeling numb

My feelings don’t matter

The way you look does

The world has never seen us

They’ve never understood

We thought we were alone

Until we all came together

People say we’re ungrateful

Maybe we are

But what we’ve lost is irreplaceable

And yet, we still live in limbo

We still don’t know

Is our identity real?

Are we really them?

What is true and what is false

We will never really know

So imagine living your life like this

Every single day

The world has never seen us

The world will never know

But as long as you look like you did right

What does it matter anyway?

sad poetry

About the Creator

Pippa Mac

Mother, Crazy Indoor Plant Person, Full time student and chef. Sharing stories from the heart and reflection journals from my studies & shining a light on Korean adoption

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