Familial Poems - Poems about Familial

I am all the people who came before me And I am all the people who will come after me This is an ode to all of our ancestors Just because we don't all share the same blood Does not not mean that we are not one To me inheritance Isn't just about family But communal experiences I...

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The thought is a terror when alone and you feel weak. Sometimes, the stakes are so high, for fear you dare not speak. Neither bet your honest dollar it will not enter through that door; Its arrival will unravel everything, ending your lives if nothing more. It's a fearsome being; such a despicable thing. It's my dad,...

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I often ponder about the perpetuous anathema in my household, because growing up, that abominable behavior was quite normalized. I’ve always heard derogatory, disrespectful remarks or comments, God, they’re so standardized; my conception was that being unique deserved aberration. Though, younger me questioned why I only heard these discriminating words and bigoted lies in my own house;...

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A definite air permeates When in the walls of my room Projected productivity is it? Or rather the reflection of what those expect of me Identity found... lost, through my grasp Hard to dicier or fully know Craving change, something swift Yet nothing short of raw, with nature as my muse Possibilities seem infinite, away from these parts Just the sheer art of crossing...

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Disgruntled, they come to me as bit-parts ripped from black and white movies. Mad aunt Anastasia, who should have been a nun, one of her hands would refrain from touching her, the other has been long carried off by wolfish priests. The Holy Ghost has pickled her in a jar, she now floats between worlds. Uncle Sean, the iniquitous Maître D' looming above a...

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A spider plant* with many offshoots -- The mother firmly holds onto her little girl's hand at the nursery. *Chlorophytum comosum...

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Disgruntled, they come to me as bit-parts ripped from black and white movies. Mad aunt Anastasia, who should have been a nun. One of her hands will not touch her, the other has been carried off by wolfish priests. The Holy Ghost has pickled her in a jar; she floats now between worlds. Uncle Sean, the satyric commis-waiter, looming above a meaty...

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Why does blood Pull you apart? Instead of filling you up? - one vein is comprised of multiple layers...

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Who am I but another lost soul burning in hell Once drowned in the blood of my dead heart Ripped out without reason before doomsday No one should have to die before their time To be consumed by fire at any time of day Familial betrayal comes warm to the touch Cute and cuddly like a favorite pet hugged Subterfuge is...

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It swirls about me this world this chaos of watching from afar those things so near. I sit a Guru of sorts knowing… not the answers.. but the quest... the torment of life’s longings searching the present. I am always right here have always been right here at the center of a micro cosmic universe wavering with winsome wings.. familial butterflies rippling the sunset knowing I’m always right here. John G. Lawless ©2/17/2019...

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genes swapped stirred by unbounded love family is born bound by filial bonds maternal and paternal relations emerge love, caring, support joy and sorrow shared alike life's music composed echoing through ages increasing genetic pool Malthus' theory you, me, and Genghis bound by familial ties family tree thrives culture, colors, race babble, blather, and blubber siblings world-over ~ 04 May 2016 ~...

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Dad's youngest brother is younger than my brother: Dad being the eldest in his family, my brother being the eldest in mine. Mother's sister wed Dad's cousin. Their offspring and I are double cousins. I crossed county lines to choose a mate totally unrelated. Dream on. Somewhere back there, the name Pratt dangles from both family trees....

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From hero to villian Within the same breath Now choices have caught up Sentencing your death Creating in me, life Yet shaming my existence Still I have chosen A life of forgiveness Separating me From what others had Those little girls that knew There was a king in their dad Struggles with jealousy Envy pushing my nerve For not a king ruled my home Just a sickning perve Why wasn't I...

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A fellow stranger's doubt will surely sense Judgmental indiscretion of defect. 'Tween enemies pure hatred circumvents The moral obligation to respect. The various consistencies as friend, Distill from swollen hearts this lonely ache, With passion starts yet may abruptly end So rarely people risk their hearts to...

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Dullness settles sharply, without warning; The words are gone, as if they'd never been. There is but acquiescent pain at the loss. It is left now to wait For the familial shadows to pass....

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