Family Relationships

Maggot eaten flesh of family relationships Putrid stench emanating from the sores Our sense of right and wrong we justify Hold our ground till the other person falls Where love and affection rules There exists no need to prove Only the desire to remove the others pain The sweet word “sorry” to say Should I say first or should it be you Let us not wait to see where it all started Lest the womb that brought us forth Cries out “no more agony