Is it blood that connects people? Is it mutual affection, or is it a title to describe a group of people living together?
What is a dad?
Is he the alpha male that dominates everyone? Does he decree commands? Is he the one that beats you over the back of the head with a metal crowbar when you take away his credit card since he's having an affair? Is he the one that pulls your hair, knees you in the stomach, sky uppercut you while laughing at your tears?
Or is he the one that teaches you how to play sports? The one that's overprotective when it comes to boys. The one that picks on the administrators when you're getting beaten up, your hair pulled twice a day by the ginger on the bus and even when you run crying to the bus driver she doesn't understand since you don't speak a word of English and the ginger pretends to care and pretend to soothe you. Making the bus driver think you have a mental problem. And when you're at school, during recess the girls speak horrid words at you yet you don't understand a word but know they're mean words as tears stream down your face.
What is a mom? Is she the one that calls the shots? Is she the one that points her finger at you, with her eyes bulging out as she threatens to pour urine over your head? Was she the one that threw you out of the apartment late at night when you were four for being unfair to your older sister? Was she the one that hit you til you bruise purple and blue just to see you cry? Is she the one that says you have no right to hold anger against your parents nor "judge" them? Is she the one that called you a demon?
Or is it a woman that holds you when you're scared. One that teaches you how to bake cookies? The one that attends your school plays and takes photos of you. Does she marvel at your school awards?
What are parents?
Are they aloof adults that maintain a minor's life? Were they the one that ignored your words when you told them you that their friend was sexually abusing you. That it was your fault for getting close to him?
What is an older sister?
Was she the one that called you an idiot when you feared life. The one that considered you a nuisance. The one that criticized your relationship? The one that said you were lying when you tell her you were sexually molested by her boss.
You say you're my family or is it just a title?
