DEDICATED TO THE CHILD
If I was born
With no hands
Or no feet
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born
With a cleft lip
And cleft palate
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born mute
Or deaf or blind or both
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born male
But really was to be female
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born female
But suppose to be male
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born with a one
Green eye and one brown
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born bowlegged
Or couldn’t walk at all
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born as a prodigy
Or as an idiot-savant
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born autistic
Or had downs syndrome
Would you still love me?
Or would you leave me?
If I was born and you
Hated me for whatever reason
Would you learn to love me?
Or would you abandon, abuse, or kill me?