Family Photos (: Lyrics

Staring at a wall of family photos

Is like staring at the formation

Of a universe

Then the planet's inside of it

Then the atoms inside the planet

Then all of the connections that make them visible

There's no air in space apparently

Although

In the spaces between those photos

All of them still lively

Breathing life given to them

Still breathing life into a family

That lives in remembrance, in joy

Their name, their joy downloaded

Into each new branch of the family tree

A recorded stream counted every time

Playing those moments in memories

It's like counting every molecule

Of hydrogen infused oxygen

To name those clusters water

To call it the ocean

It's a lot

Of seemingly small deeds decorating

Lives always dedicated to the next life

Generation, step

Somehow still 2 stepping onto the present

Do you feel the melody of I love you

Jigging, smiling

Gap tooth grinning

Still here with you right now

Collages formed faces full of laughter

Hearts full keep on keeping on

Bodies scarred maybe

But never broken

What good is rubble you don't rebuild with

Or at least remove from the construction site

The construction site is a

Photo family reunion

Photosynthesized into infinity

Where the wall meets the ground

Paint gives way to perfectly tethered roots

The kind that branch off into untold galaxies

But fit in your hand like a phone

In your body like structure, like DNA

Where it meets the ceiling

It stretches

Do you see the skies

Full of stars made of the same

Minerals as us, it is us, it's you

You don't choose the family

You're born into as far as I know

Only how you treat, relate

Or not relate 2 each other

It's easy to believe you're doing

Everything yourself, although

Every moment we enjoy, has sometime

To do with the one before, building it

Breaking ground for the next

Generation to sift through, and build upon

It's easy to pretend your

Building it by yourself

But do you see our stars

The Forrest of lucky ones

I.E. us

Can you see the constellations

The connections that make us the same

Do you feel

That the space we inhabited

Life being breathed into it

Branching out over countries & continents

I'm not sure how you're suppose to write a poem about family

I mean I'm not sure how to write

A realistic poem about family

One that acknowledges the happiness

And the healing

Faith spread mustard seed

In a world where you

Must be part of a family

To claim a life here

It's easy to believe it's all because of you