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Family Portrait
Contributed by
bluoreo
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Wednesday, 11th February 2004 @ 05:39:37 PM in AEST
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I talk to them every week
It’s always the same thing
The same answer
The same situation
Nothing ever changes with them
Before I ask
I already know what they will say
I shouldn’t have to be afraid to ask them for something
I shouldn’t have to prepare myself for their answer
If they lived their lives differently
I wouldn’t have to worry about certain things
Money
Food
A car
A life
The ones before me got everything they needed
Everything they wanted
They didn’t have to worry about a thing
What to do after high school
How to pay for college
How to get from place to place
It was all given to them
They have nothing left for me
I was the last one
I got the sloppy fourths
It’s as if they forgot
They meant to forget
They did not want to remember
They didn’t want to put forth the effort
They make me feel like I’m a burden
A loose tie that needs to be severed
I’ve always felt second hand to them
They are forced to love me because I’m theirs
Maybe I’m overreacting
Maybe I’m not
Going home is agonizing
Constantly hearing how they can’t help me
If they could they would
How much they love me
Is it all a lie?
If they can’t handle this
How will they be able to handle my life now?
The life they know nothing about
The life they don’t want to know about
“Hey mom, hey dad. I’m gay”
Not something they hear everyday
Fear courses through my head just thinking about it
She would cry
He would yell
“It’s an abomination”, he would say
“It goes against everything we believe in”
No longer will they plan my future
I will be an embarrassment
I will disgrace the “Almond” name
This is what they want
This is what they have been waiting for
Their excuse to finally get rid of me
Disown me
Take me out of the family tree
Write me off their will
Never will we be the same
They won’t call me
I won’t call them
Holidays will be cold
Dark
Lonely
Christmas cards will be a thing of the past
All this wouldn’t affect me if I had someone
Someone I can run to
Someone I can share everything with, without fear of losing him
Someone who will care for me
Whom I can care for
Someone who can give me all the love I need
Who can hold me in his arms
Whom I can hold
I need love
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bluoreo
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2004-02-11 17:39:37]
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Re: Family Portrait
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by lil_angel on
Saturday, 24th April 2004 @ 03:05:36 AM AEST
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| WOW! very well done! |
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Re: Family Portrait
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 13th August 2004 @ 02:29:17 PM AEST
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| I like that line: 'They have nothing left for me'. Yeah, I was the 'sloppy fifth' in my family and anything I asked for was too much. Okay now though - we learn to make our own way, I guess and maybe somehow we end up stronger than they are in some ways. |
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