Family Fades

We're told that blood is thicker than water 

but blood can still be washed away.

Nothing is eternal

not even the bond of relations.

It may last while we are young

but all bridges left unburned will still decay with time.

The only fondness that comes with distance and absence

is that between ourselves and loneliness.

For the many paths of life often leave us 

on a different road than those we hold in our hearts

How grossly cruel of fate

to tie us with lines that will inevitably be cut.