Broken Family Poems

It's Christmas time again
And it seems I am the winner 
Because I drew the short straw 
To host the Family Christmas Dinner 

I'm stressing out...

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On a dead-end street,
At the edge of town;
Sat a broken-down house,
With no other around.

The paint was all faded,
And the windows were cracked.
The rain had poured...

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Just because they're blood
doesn't mean you must forever
leave the pantry open
when their latest scheme 
is parched and broken.
Just because they're blood
they still view you as...

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...carries the wilted weight of autumn
                   ...

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Family
Is all I ever wanted, really
When I grew up, a mom I was gonna be
A good one, not like my mom was to me 
For...

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I will no longer be a martyr to my parents because they were never gods.
If I die like they want me too I’ll never be...

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A grandchild is born
enduring fealty is sworn
whole family gathered round
listening sweet gurgling sound
emerging first month giggles
urged by delighted grandma tickles
drawn as bees to honeysuckle
tender pats...

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She smiled a toothy smile with perfect sized lips and straight white teeth welcoming me,
Her face perfectly symmetrical except for one brown eye shaped slightly...

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Love is the strangest of emotions
We can turn it on and off most of the time
But there are times we lose control
Especially in the company...

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When you carry a 12 bore
There's a rule thats unspoken
It was always carried 
With the barrel broken
The hammers uncocked
Nestled against the firing pin
A pair of...

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Innocence lost
and being ignored
sin destroyed 
sickness and little hope
confusion of mind
How can fathers detach so easily?
And who’s minding the children?
Broken homes
absentee fathers long gone
mothers now...

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Keys hold their notes once danced over with fingers,
coffee cup scents still linger, long after a last sip.

Trees stand when leaves wilt,
clouds form when rain...

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the big hot sun  
work for one   
now for fun 
we can run 
yes my son 
you have won  
playtime is...

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As my first home
I inhabited you
You nourished and loved
From you I grew
Inside then out, you watched all along 
As I stumbled and fell
learning right from...

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"A Rose Garden and Tea Time Go Together." Quote By Poet   
  

As I sit sipping tea in my rose garden of pink,     ...

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