I am lonely.
My family tree has shrunk.
I have lost my loved ones.
Death has suffocated
all that was left of my family.
I am looking and searching
for so much more.
I need to feel the love
I felt before.
I take a picture
of what I wish to be my family.
Years later,
I find that picture.
Moms remarried,
Dads remarried,
six new siblings,
two new parents...
and I have family.
I have finally found family.
They may not all
have always been here,
but they are always here now,
and I love them
just as they love me.
I am complete.
There is no "step" in family.
