Dysfunctional Family Poem by Margaret Alice Second

The schism complete, no reconciliation in our family,
my beloved decided the peppery-tongued Duchess
just too much, dysfunctional brain and irrational
craze or not, he cannot condone her excess, that
condescending demeanour and abrupt address

I realize it is all pomp and show but my beloved thinks
it is too unreal and he’ll have no truck with her or the
rest of my family, I know she is caught in a time warp
like an emotional teenager caught in the body of
someone growing older

She enabled me to dress beautifully and now he warns
me not to go too near as I will get hurt as before; maybe
he’s right and maybe I’m so calm and Stoical that she
won’t ruffle my feathers again, only time will tell – in
the meantime, I hope those I love

Can keep the peace, I miss the dysfunctional family
with whom I grew up so much...