FamILY

Family= Father and Mother I Love You.. We have all of that, but sometimes we forget the most important part..Love..

FamILY
As we all sit here
Tearing into each others hearts
We all forget what we are doing
And hurt everyone that disagrees
I’m sorry that I wanted to
Have a day off and spend the day
With the people I call family
I never get to see you anymore
And the chance I get to
Your not here
You always leave me
To deal with all the pain
That comes from our parents
I can’t do this alone
I’ve done it for so long
And I’ve cut my dreams in half
Just to be here for them
Why is it so hard for you to be?
I could have been gone a long time ago
But I chose to stay here for all of you
Because I knew if I left
My entire family would have fallen apart..
I try so hard to keep the peace with everyone
But its too much on one person
I need help, I can’t do it on my own
I just want to scream my lungs out to you
But I hold back because I put you first
Before I say something I don’t mean
And I don’t want to destroy our family
If that happens, my heart will shatter
Its just I’m so beat up and broken
When I try my hardest to keep together
I’m holding on for dear life
I just don’t know how much longer
I can hang on to this thread you have me on
Its either going to be cut, torn or lifted
Why is it so hard to have love
Spread between our hearts..

Reviews

[Dennis Shanaberg]

An exceptional piece.
I love and can relate to the fervor that you have for trying to keep a faltering and failing family from falling apart.
And the final question was simply beautiful, in it's muted desperation.
The ellipsis at the end makes it clear or at least appear that a solution to that question may never truly come.
Magnificent work.

[Stacey Watts]

Very well expressed. Excellent piece. It is hard when we have family issues. I hope that writing is helping you through some of the pain. Great job.

[Pevi Mae]

there is always be a choice no matter what. life is in fact a matter of choices. i think you have expressed what you felt between family. problems are there to strengthen our character. families are there to support us all through out. great piece. this is something extraordinary

[Bud]

"FamILY" Could this be Fam I Love You or Fam I Lie not sure your meaning but Brilliant!

This REALLY caught my attention above all else. It is a very unique and creative way to catch the essence of a horrible truth. Though, we mean the I love you's and so forth, it becomes so complacent the meaning is lost in our everyday routines. And without love there is no family. An Astonishing piece of poetic expression! Keep up the Outstanding works of art!