I have no family.
That is what I have told people
all my life.
I have believed those words,
as true as the sky is blue
and the grass is green.
No mother;
no father;
no grandparents.
Aunts and uncles on both sides,
but relationships are strained,
nonexistent,
or have been overtaken by distance and time.
Then a phone call changed all that.
I do have family,
and they do care.
So, now I must reconcile
a lifetime of
intentional estrangement,
as a means of protection from people
who meant me no harm.
My experiences with family
so dark,
so dangerous,
that I couldn’t take the chance.
I intentionally cut them out,
missing out on memories;
losing years of connection;
never really knowing them;
until now.
With nothing but understanding
they have re-entered my life
and new connections will be made;
barriers will fall.
I will let them in,
I will let them love me,
and I will love them back.
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