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Before there was a world
To be chosen from
You were already
In the plan

Not a stray
Taken in reluctantly
Not a late addition
To a finished house
Planned
Named
Wanted
Before the first morning

You were wanted before time
Not for what you would achieve
Not for what you would avoid
Wanted
Because love decided early

And the goal was never
A shorter leash
The goal was always
A child at the table
Whole
At home
Free to look up

Adoption is not a test
You passed
It is a decision
Someone else made
In love
Long before you could apply

You were wanted before time
Not for what you would achieve
Not for what you would avoid
Wanted
Because love decided early

That is the ground floor
Everything else
Is built on this