Family Do you enjoy Your family Or is it a ploy Or an anomaly A ploy to get money A ploy to get affection A ploy to be funny A ploy for connection A connection to what A connection to who A connection in my gut A connection made of glue Join us together Fasten us to each other A common tether Mother or brother Is this common Is this normal Is this unusual Is this irregular No it is not For many to live Relatives not forgot Families to thrive What is the common thread Families to proceed Is it the homestead Or blood of a family creed A creed to love A creed to support A creed to encourage A creed to equally share Generation to generation Forgive one another Give for the duration Smother and smother Smother with love Smother with kindness Smother with resources Smother with mercy Mercy is the hardest When we feel wronged But we can harness By remembering we belonged Belonged to a family line Belonged to a congregation Belonged to the vine Belonged to a narration A narration to work together A narration to read A narration to learn A narration to believe Believe in God Believe in kin Believe all are flawed Believe we all sin Sin is there Every single day Repent with prayer Believe and pray God is first Family second Our nation third And there is no fourth Align on one Read the one Learn the one Worship the one Forgive those in two Love those in two Show mercy to those in two Share with those in two Honor those in three Respect those in three Support those in three Affirm those in three Teach yours these Time and time again These are the keys Our family will remain
