Are you the child of a second spouse?
You share one parent with the original
Family? They say you're part of the
Family--but you feel like it's a load of bull.
You always feel like an outsider--
No matter how you try to fit in.
As a kid you don't really notice, but
Some relatives only count the first children.
They talk to you to keep up to date--
But they never really act like
Siblings. The parent you share
Ignores you--in that way you're alike.
They do help sometimes, but
They also go their own way.
They tell you you're stupid for
Not moving far, far, away.
When there are get togethers
With relatives and they want
A group picture of the family--I'm
The one they have take the camera shot.
I try to connect with family
On social media--but they
Can't seem to recall who I am.
They remember the kids in the original family.
Comments made in passing, still hurt,
No matter what. I didn't ask to
Interrupt their family--dysfunctional as
It is. The reason I'm here only God knows.
I'm not having a pity party--
That's not why I'm writing this.
I just wish I felt I belonged--
But this is the way it is.
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