Values Family Poems

Now, being a senior citizen,
Is it too late for me to reflect on, 
What went wrong in my life?
Born and brought up in a family,
Where...

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You my dear will never make it in my family,
For our blood runs thick with tradition and legacy.
We hold ourselves to a higher standard,
And you,...

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No two families are alike
So we can’t really know
What happens in a household
Underneath the parts that show.

The habits, values and routines
Which parents first control
Aren’t visible...

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In concrete jungles with hustling crowds and throngs, 
Or where a quiet countryside, meets golden rays of sun, 
The places we call home are, each...

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Dogs, cats, children, mates, heck, even strangers 
sometimes find themselves drawn close
in proximity to something 
they feel but may not
even know how to articulate.

Such is...

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We live in a world
Where everything is fast and new
We chase the latest trends
And discard the old as obsolete

We don't have time
To listen to the...

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Her womb awaits, dripping until one day no more.
Such a pool to encompass billions 
With His Name she wets in release of Herself within Herself...

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Leave your family with virtues that are divine.
Like integrity, that keeps the world ashine.

Plus, that quality, called integrity.
That ranks right up with equality.

Teach us all,...

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Wake up in the midnight,
Staring at the window outside
It slightly far above my sight
A little girl’s hands folded
Cries out in pain
I can read her facial...

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Fieldwork is stellar, sexy, or strenuous and sad
Talking values, prolonging childhood
Is not for the faint hearted among S. Africa's "Coloured"
My "township" boasts about acting backward
Using...

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She was never a girly girl
did not care about wearing her
mother’s high heel shoes,
or painting her nails.
Wasn’t interested in putting on lipstick,
or smearing makeup on...

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The values we adhere to
In this family of mine
The things we've always stuck to
They have surely done us fine

Although we stick together
We still give each...

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What is a life when you’re constrained,
your words bound up within your brain,
from fear of punishment without,
from tyrants or folks without doubt?
So all that matters...

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Our holiday family gatherings instill traditional values and are totally itchin’
What we do the day after Thanksgiving is give mom a break from the kitchen
We...

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How far does this viewpoint extend meaning,
    Or does it cease at genetics' bloodlines?
Yet some may adopt social bondings,
   ...

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