Family Acceptance

My niece Schades while just now
on video call

Said something to me so very profound
way beyond her tender age and year's

Why is it we are always continuously
trying to prove ourselves to one another

Why is that and what does that mean

Aren't we family after all 

Surely we are way beyond that having
to explain or try

And I don't mean that in a bad way

It's only bad surely if we have to explain

Because that in essence surely means

Family doesn't really matter at all
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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