<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344649" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Long Lost Daughter</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">This poem was inspired by a storyline on the TV show 'Casualty', when Colette's long lost daughter found her.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My Mum came to see me at work, <br>Asking to speak to me urgently.<br>She had recieved a phone call<br>From my long lost daughter, Natalie.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then one day, Natalie turned up at work.<br>I was taken by surprise: <br>She was a beautiful young lady now, <br>And was stood before my very eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I asked my boss for an hour's break.<br>Natalie and I went for a walk.<br>We had a lot of catching up to do, <br>And had a good heart to heart talk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She asked why I had her adopted<br>And I had to tell her the truth.<br>My Mum had told me if I kept her, <br>I was no longer welcome under her roof.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was fifteen at the time.<br>I was alone and very afraid.<br>Soon after I had her, she was whisked away, <br>And so it was at home I stayed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She asked about her father, <br>But he left me years ago.<br>When he discovered I was pregnant, <br>He just didn't want to know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sixteen years had passed<br>Since I gave my little girl away, <br>But eventhough life carried on, <br>I thought about her every day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Only those close to me knew of her existence.<br>I'd kept her a secret all that time, <br>But now the time had finally arrived, <br>To tell the world, Natalie was mine!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Angela+Wybrow">Angela Wybrow</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344649" data-title="Long Lost Daughter de Angela Wybrow" data-description="This poem was inspired by a storyline on the TV show 'Casualty', when Colette's long lost daughter found her. My Mum came to see me at work, Asking to speak to me urgently. She had recieved a phone call From my long lost daughter, Natalie. Then..."></div> </div> </div>

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