A Family Affair

You never wanna

See me up

Always wanna

See me down

Never pick up

The phone

To call me

(Fucking call me!)

Never ask me

To come round

Used to be

Close as kids

But our sibling

Harmony

Has spiralled

You’re just busy

With your family

We see that

Family’s your idol

But you’re not

The only one

With problems

It’s a family affair

The other day

At Mary’s place

When Anakin

Was there

I walked into

The room

All of a sudden

You vanished into air

Don’t know if

Our previously

Strong bond

That is damaged

Can be repaired

I don’t really know

What’s gone wrong

(What happened?)

We never argued

It can’t be

Called conflict

So I can’t even shake

Your hand for peace

Or say I’d give you

Amnesty

We never used

Swords or fists

Maybe sticks

And stones

So I’m asking you

Seriously

Do you know what

Bore the rift?

Really, what’s

The cause of it?

You’re as stiff

As ornaments

But not as pleasing

Or decor-ative

It’s like you

No longer show

You hide your feelings

But an unspoken vibe

Is quite revealing

I wonder if

You like it, though

You no longer

Speak to Coco

You claim

She’s stealing mojo

But how could she

Possibly steal

The gift

You borrowed?

You wanna

Be a model

Trying to get her

To squeeze

And fit in

Your mould

But are you

Someone

She should

Even follow?

I’m closer

With her

We’re warm

In our encounters

Every time

We meet for drinks

It’s jovial

We should

Be like that

But as I said

Before, you alone

Can’t be blamed

And deemed

Responsible

You’re a Capulet

And if mum

Had her way

I’d go by

A different name

I would’ve been

A Montague

I know if you’re

Reading this

You’ll burrow

Deep into your hole

Where confrontation

And hostility

Can be ignored

You seem so

Cold, it hurts

So I’d really like to

Bury into your soul

And earth

Find the depths

Of water

To figure out why

Despite

My efforts

You never bother

Can’t you stretch

Out your hand

Like a beggar

And help your brother?

I think I know

What it is

Ever since you wed

And met another man

There’s been tension

Pressure

On both ends

We’ve experienced

A death, and suffered

But time to come

Out of the darkness

And shed them off

Those scales

Dinosaur

That you are

A stegosaurus

And I must be

A T-rex

A monster

But look

All I want is

Just respect

And honesty

A sister

And a friend

I really want

The best that’s

For us

And if I’ve

Caused offence

I will never do

Anything like

That again

I promise