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Family

 
They say: You can’t pick your family
You have to accept this ragtag army
Of cads and ne’er-do-wells they are
Our blood, our kith and kin, our clan
We are meant to unconditionally love
These people despite their crimes
Misdemeanours And circumstances
We are meant to help them when in
Need, as parents of children you are
Meant to sacrifice your very existence
Who came up with this shit?
 
What if your father is an abuser
What if your mother did not protect you
What if your sister deflected making sure the beating were yours
What if your brother fucked your wife
What if your wife fucked your brother
What if your uncle touched you like your father
What if your Aunt blamed and hated you
What if your daughter show you no regard
What if your daughter hangs up on you calling you a cunt
What if your son disrespects you and where you’ve came from
What if your daughter takes another man as he father
What if they steal from you
Borrow and refuse to payback
Attempt violence against you
Ignore you for decades
Spit on you
Sit on you
Treat you like filth
Take what little you have
Attempt to destroy any future happiness
When you learn they never loved you at all
And was only ever for show and convention
 
What would and should you do to a friend
Who committed similar high crimes
You and I would kick their ass to the kerb
Having nothing more to do with them
But apparently purely on the basis of
Sex and DNA you are meant to forgive
Them all for anything they do
I have spent so long doing that
It has seriously got me nowhere
And my love and help has never
Been returned and never will be
 
The worm has turned
Has experienced an awakening
Love me or hate me just be honest
From now on that is what I will do
If you say fuck you
I will say fuck you
If I am dead to you
Then you will be dead to me
Anyone that doesn’t have your love and happiness
At the heart of their discourse and interactions
Will no longer exist – please choose carefully
Written by David_Macleod (14397816)
Published | Edited 30th Dec 2017
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