This is a poem that I wrote after hearing a quote from an African father who couldn't find his child after its adoption overseas to Europe.

My daughter where are thou?

Like a coin falling in the ocean

you're drifting away

like a coin hidden in the ocean

beneath you will stay

Like a coin falling in the ocean

I want you back

like a coin hidden in the ocean

I’m losing track

Like a coin falling in the ocean

only memory will last

like a coin hidden in the ocean

leaving just the past.

Like a coin falling in the ocean

I’m mourning for you

like a coin hidden in the ocean

nothing more I can do


Thei Geurts

16-05-2002