Relationship Family Poems

Have you ever told a story, said something that was untrue,
Perhaps to make yourself look good though such tactics were undue?
Have you ever denied a...

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"What's daddy doing on the ledge over there?
It looks very scary and fun."

"The silver and gold has been stolen away.
..And he's mending the bridge my...

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A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
A sun had risen,
Some bit of...

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In a Family
just there
realizing you're an outlaw
instead of the In-law
treated as if you are not at all welcomed
by some, not all
just going with the flow
you...

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Having been on my own 
for the past ten years 
I suppose I am set in my ways
If I’ve no planned routine
at the start of...

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“They’ll be corndogs,” Grandma muttered.
We cousins laughed, having never heard of these relatives before today.
“Corndog company,” Aunt Mina agreed. “They were ridiculous last time.”
Last time...

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A light made whole
the sunshine as it is bright
moonlight gathers afar
time spent
remembering the winds
the gatherings of the roses
all untold stories
until a future that appears
whispering, silent
time...

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I was so shocked
but then I took stock
of the look in my grandpa’s eyes,
And understood
that his word was good,
that, in truth, he had almost died.

Now...

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“And then I turned,
my mind truly burned
said,’What kind of a sick mother
would go coerce
a child of hers
to sleep with her own half-brother?!

“ ‘You are a...

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“It was a race
going to my place,
our emotions out of control,
went for the bed
and my lust-filled head
focused only on it’s one goal.

“Our clothes were tossed,
they...

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My blood ran cold
when my grandpa told
the story you’re about to hear
of moral laws
broke by great grandpa,
that would bring all involved to tears.

It was one...

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Real love gets stronger as the time passes by.
True love means forever company.
No matter how the world changes, I will love you forever.
To spend time...

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When you decide to have a friend - keep these things in mind.
Your whole world is about to change - in this do not be...

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Come play with me, I said to Mama
What's the game, Mama said
Duck, duck, goose: Come, Mama, play
I'm busy now, honey -- and my heart bled

Come...

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Hurray, hurray!
It’s a special day.
Grandma’s counting beans. 

Pick the rocks, 
Turn down your socks.
Grandma’s counting beans. 

In the pot, 
That’s what she taught.
One, two and...

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...Calvin looked extremely confused,
then smiled knowingly,
said,’I think I can explain this,
so please love, come with me.”
At first, of course, she did resist,
but Calvin plead, and...

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I tell the tale of a widow,
aged only twenty-three,
in this I have first-hand knowledge,
she was mother to me.
We lived in a house by the waves,
father...

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Feeling disrespected, neglected

  Perhaps rejected...
  
        Not unexpected 
       
...

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I fear I'm losing patience in the midst of your neglect,
          It keeps hounding me like...

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I will keep on loving you until eternity comes to make me love you more.
I love you and I will love you until I die...

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