A Family

We’ll be a family

You said.

We’ll live like one,

Act like one,

And love like one.

I should have known

It was too good to be true.

You forget I’m there,

And go out for fun

When I’m at work.

We lock ourselves

In our rooms,

Seeking our own

Entertainment.

I should have known

It was too good to be true.

Our family meals

Begin with us

All sitting together

Putting food on our plates.

But one by one,

We all disappear

With some excuse.

I should have known

It was too good to be true.

I close my bedroom door

To dull the sounds

Of the arguments you have

That never end.

We’ll be a family

You said.

I should have known

It was too good to be true.