Family or People Who Just Live with Me

 
Take your places, choose your sides,
Because where I reside It Is Do or Die,
Even Within Family, sometimes Its Only the
 Strong that Survive!

There is no sense of Unity
Just the Rush towards what you can get from Me,
You’re my sons and I’m the De Facto Breadwinner of our Family!
Constantly Trying to Unite the I, ME, YOU to one word WE

And although I’m no longer with your Mother
I had love for her historically,
 that chapter has been closed.
I thought that is the way it should be,
With me looking out for you and you looking out for me
This is my house, that I  freely share,
But who  helps me to maintain stability?
 Who Cares?

You visited on weekends as babies
and moved in, in your teens.
We can talk about love,
Where we willingly  share equally,
But as I speak my mind to what is rightfully right,
No one listens to me
So why are you blackmailing me emotionally?
With personal resentment and regret
Thrown at me and in the vicinity
 of our shared home  economics

It is certainly a crime, to sneak up from behind
With blame and accusations from way back when,
From what I left behind
I am still your father,
You fail to see and I left your mother,
But you live with me.
Don’t get it twisted I won’t beg to be your father,
Everyone tells me how you both look like me
Nor will I put up with you living with me as a squatter
Nor tolerate disrespect,
Realize and Believe that Family
Is More than Passed On Blood
Diluted to Later Generations
 of Sons and Daughters
More of a Shared Commonality of Respect
 and Reverence

Sort of like leaves that produce shade
Attached to limbs connected to
the trunk of a Tree
Whose Roots Go Way Down Deep  
Within The Soil To Gain Nourishment
That is the Connection and Definition of WE
That is the Correctness and Meaning of Family
That is What I Believe a Family Should Be
Not loosing keys and borrowing money
You say damn Dad, Why are You Going So Hard?
And My Answer Never Changes……
Yeah, you know that is directly disrespecting me!

Nor Realizing the Sacrifices Made for the
Sake of the Value of Family
Paying no Rent, nor Contributing
in this Day and  At Your Age…. that Shit  Ain’t Funny
You Are Both in Your Twenties
So Stand Up and Be Able to Contribute
To Our Family Tree and
No that doesn’t mean making babies
That you Can’t Feed,
Expecting Me to Fulfill You and Their Needs
A Grandfather I am Proud to Be
But Would Much Rather You Complete the Cypher
By Handling Your Responsibilities!!

No Don’t Look At Me….
There Is No Doubt to My Family I Will Always Remain True
Use My Imperfect Example of Perfection to Stand
And Increase Our Family Tree and Never Forget
That Once Your Grown You Must
Break Free Carrying Limbs of Your Own
With Roots From  Lessons Steadfast in Loving Family First
Cuz I can Always Go Out to Find
Other People to JUST Live With Me

Or

JUST Stand Alone as a Solitary
Cactus in the Desert of our Once Together Family
Holding the Water of Family alongside the
Dryness of a Memory of our Disbanded
Family rotting into an uncaring collection
Of People Who Just Live with Me!