MY FAMILY LIGHT AND DARK
My family light
and dark
Lucky and oppressed
My family
My family
the pressing
of held hands
small
and large
My family like
a potluck picnic
melange of cultures
one big soup
Mystery of ourselves
My family
colts of excited cousins
peeking behind
parents’ legs
My family
so forgiving and gracious
clear-eyed children
smiles expecting goodness of us
adults oblivious and easy
or mature and warm
And my harder family
ignorant or beat down by too much ignorance
may something help us,
something help us all
breathe easy
~ Lady