I watch you play
You seem like a happy family
But I know deep inside
Any of you would kill the others
Simply to survive.
Haven't you ever seen
The weaker chick
Thrown from a height of five hundred feet?
Or watched the tiny otter starve to death?
These things are commonplace.
Only the human
The weak, puny human
Whose world dominance is undisputed
Regards the family as a haven.
Be it emotional, physical, grammatical trouble,
The family upholds.
Mostly.
Because haven't you seen
The weaker child
Thrown against the wall
Or watched the drunken parent hit their son?
Sophie Khanoum
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-are-family-2/
