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My Daughter Forever and Always
She carried me in her womb
 For nine months I was being formed
 All alone by herself my Mother hid
 Hiding her daughter that grew inside. 
 
 July 11th 1997 I was born 
 My Mother and Father wept
 Holding onto their first born
 Their daughter
 My name is Dai-Jun 
 
 Two weeks later My Mother and Father mourn
 Wrapped in a blanket and placed in a basket
 One last hug and kiss 
 Before getting whisked away 
 Into the darkness I am carried
 
 Down the street of Dai Shan in Nanchang. 
 She places my basket down on the street 
 Kissing my hands, head and feet
 
 She says “Goodbye” and quickly fades in to the darkness.
 On the street of Dai-Shan a little girl lays
 So helpless and vulnerable 
 Wrapped up in a blanket so delicate and neat
 Her Mother watches from afar 
 She wants to go and get her little girl
 
 This little girl gets whisked to the orphanage.
 So many little girls 
 All abandoned 
 All without a family. 
 
 The Mother goes back to her village
 Going to the room where her daughter was born
 She weeps as she holds a picture close to her heart. 
  
 The Father sung to his daughter every night he could. 
 Holding her close as possible he rocked
 And swayed her
 Singing and kissing his first born daughter.
 
 Every year on Dai-Jun’s birthday the parents’ morn and cry
 Not knowing if their daughter is okay or even alive.
 The parents hold a picture of her and whisper
 “You are our Daughter Forever and Always”

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