family

a family is a group of people in which you are given.
not by choice nor selection, more so some say by someone up there a livin.
i am not sure on all of that whether it be true or not,
i do only know one is in it with em, all stirring hot in a pot.
often there are days of love, laughter, and support,
and then there are days that follow as if 100 horses upon your chest have trot.
a test you do take with all at one time or another,
you pass, you fail, you float and you smother.
a holiday that causes a rise in emotion and scars
food of soul and taste shines light on healing as does a sky of stars.
a cheer, a smile, a nod of head and again i recall,
that all are my heart, my life blood and all would catch me if i fall.
the rain and wind outside can never freeze my warm heart,
for just down the hall, below downstairs and across the hall
the humans that know me and even when we part
carry me on the sleeve, within their soul, surrounding their heart.