Family Poem by Ragy Sandid

I've got a family
Do you have one?
What kind of famly have you got?
Is it one that sweetens the plot?
The one that knows everything about everyone and does whatever it can do for everyone whenever it can because it can rather than not?

Turn on the TV
And you'll find the smiley, seamlessly steamed serene prototype
They hide everything, fight it out, blame everyone, and forgive everything
Horray for the hype!
You turn to your family and hide as they slice away your soul
Then tell you that they're your friend and will catch you when you fall

You laugh as you observe half
Of your family kill over a shred of the world
You laugh that tearful laughter
When you learn the same things you and your family are after
You say sorry when you don't have to
You get beaten when don't need to
And when you look for common ground
Well, there's an area for disaster

Funny how families are
We need them to frame who we are
After a while they lose something
A taste, a texture, a flavour, a fervor, a game-toy-indulgence fever
You respect the old then despise them
You dwell with the young but can't size them
You say you are alone among many
And they say you aren't worth a penny

Lucky are the ones who say they have a family
And mean it
Lucky are the ones who claim humanity a victory
In this time travellers' capsule
With one family you shoot into space
All clinging to one another, all for one, and one for all
With another the rocket never left the place
And everyone still debates who can see better in the crystal ball