Surrogate

If I bore children who weren't mine
Could I bear to let them go?
Without hope of ever seeing the children again
Or being part of their lives?

Somehow it seems bizarre to me
receiving payment for giving life
To pass to another family
With no return of love in sight.

Is it progress to rely
On social technology?
Have we really forgotten
Who we are and who we used to be?

Can the new ways replace the old ways?
Should life be for sale?
If we accept the new ways
We must accept that as well.