Family Poem by Toshie Nohara

We are members of one household
Decended from our ancestors
From one generation to the next
All related to one another

How wonderful for anyone
To be a member of the same family
who belong to each other

No formality for appointment to
interact with one another
Freedom to approach parents when
we need an adviser

No regret to confide in them
No special language required for
heart-heart
talk, even
Daring to discuss
stocks and shares!

No worry of being dispised for
failure
No fear of being ignored for
mistakes
No suspicion of being accused for
foolishness
'Cos your Loved ones are full of
kindness
No strict rule to
kneel or
bow down
To attract their
attention
'Cos they know you feel
let down

We are the children they
have cared from
childhood
They know our bad and
good

So

A father or mother
A sister or brother
Will not turn a deaf
ear when we
Honestly
Respectfully
and
Humbly
seek to be
heard.

We have hope
We hold on
Together
Because we are family.