The Acceptance What use in experience,If not breathedFrom the sinews of our being?In forgiving, the butterflyCan spread her beautiful wingsAnd, with her delicate touch,Offer and receive in humility.For, when there is nothing moreTo search, other than to acceptHerself serene, to know her best,She takes her flight to findHer rest in harmless eyes.Ruby Esprit's heartfelt poetry about her experiences of being adopted give an emotional insight into her life. She candidly relates her reunion with her siblings and her birth mother and father, drawing her reader into this tale of adversity. Her details of her time living in an orphanage and her struggle with the decision to find her birth parents highlight the difficulties that she has experienced. Yet, ultimately, these poems are uplifting and are truly a story of self-discovery.