a hundred different words

family

"Blood means family, and nobody comes before family"
While this may be true to an extension, you can only call yourself family when you act like family
Family is not manipulative
Family is not vindictive
By putting said family first, you must take away what can hurt your family
Generational trauma, resentment, abuse
If you cannot do this
If you cannot do the thing that will break barriers
Save your kids the heartache you had
Rewrite this family's ending
Then you are no family of mine
Because family to me, means doing everything you can to make sure they're loved, happy, safe
So no, blood does not make you family to me.