#familial love
Familial love is important. If you have a good family, dont take it for granted.
Five foot two in shoes,
though you claim to be taller,
and stubborn.
The thin lines around your mouth were carved by deep worries, I know,
but they look like permanent smiles.
And the curling in your hands is from holding tight
to the threads of our family, pulling us close -
and the forward press of your teeth is be from the clench of
a determined jaw, not weak bones.
They say that age is grey and sad,
or frail.
but you are silver and smiling,
a staunch wee warrior-
and I cannot be frightened of a future that looks like you.
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it’s so true that the greatest weapon against nihilism and existential despair is to find joy in the mundane and never stop chasing after love