What Makes A Family

Family’s a funny thing.

Everyone goes and does their own.

Makes me wonder, honestly,

What makes a family?

I know what makes a boy -

Snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

And what makes a girl -

Sugar and spice and everything nice.

But what makes a family?

A family has many parts.

Each, on their own would survive,

But when together, they bring them properly to life.

And now there’s left one question.

What makes a family?

Cousins and aunts, sisters and brothers,

Husbands and wives, children and mothers -

Though this is far too hard, to name each one,

Know you’re wanted, each of you, from daughter to son.

I suppose in the end, I already knew -

A family is made with me and with you.