Our Secret Poem by James Haedle

as a child the thought of an extended family always excited me
so when I first met my in laws I used to imagine all the fun we would have together.
but with time and maturity I realized instead of a bigger family all I had was a smaller family
& the more marriages the more I realized I was alone.
now if we didn't have our parents to remind us of what a family used to be.
I wouldn't wish for a family myself

maybe it's the way the world is but without any doubt I realize it's the things we left unsaid or expected our spouse to say

I pity every child that is born, because it is an inevitable end, the reality that u are born alone.

All the years u spent with your sibling mean nothing as soon as soon as they get hitched

In the polygamous family you find competition, even in the nuclear family there is competition

at the end what is the goal of life, if it's a competition of who dies best

So I hate my dad for the way he refuses to forgive his siblings

I hate my mom because she refuses to take responsibility for her brothers children

I hate my brother because he forgets every moment we had

I hate my in laws, because they stole my childhood

I hate myself because I have to join the parade

I hate my nephew's because they are ignorant to the bigger picture

I hate the world because nothing changes.

Life at 30, by a disgruntled adult