There’s a force that bonds them one to the other;
A different bond for each, mother, father, sister or brother;
The ties that bind are deeper than friends;
They’ll stand by each other’s side through thick and through thin;
Misunderstandings and anger enter their space but can not stay;
They share a like bloodline, GOD made them that way;

They come from the same ancestors from centuries ago;
Even blood of slave owner’s flow in many veins, we know;
Many move away from their original home site,
but always return someday or some night;

I can only say what it means to me;
A shoulder to cry on when that I need;
A helpful heart that cares , indeed;
a prayer that follows me wherever I go;
Someone who cares, this I surely know!

As I stand back and take a long, look my life is like an open
book; As I think of my family that has passed on;
Why did they have to go?
Though much time has passed I still miss them so;

Don’t ever forget as you leave your loved one today;
That family we love are sometimes taken away;
So, while you have them let them know everyday you love them, so;
As you part a kiss, an embrace;
The last place you see them just might be this place;

Take advantage of every moment you share;
For when you awake at days dawn they no longer may be there;
And if this you’ve done and this you do;
You’ll be at peace as family leaves you;
You’ll let them go to be at rest;
And hope their lives passes GOD’S test:

© Joyce Aston-Douglas
Nov. 2, 2003