My message to a family member

You don’t answer when I call to say hello

And then lament that no one cares for you

You say no one will give you thought

If you up and left or died

Even though I send you notes and messages and texts that go unanswered

You say you have no family

And never return a thing I have to give

And yet I keep giving

Hoping one day you’ll get the hint

That you can’t push me away

I’m here for you

No matter what

I don’t care what you’ve done in your life

The good and the bad

All I care

Is how happy you could be

If you’d only realize

You have family who cares

You frustrate me, push me away, think I'll leave you alone

But I am that damned stubborn

I won't leave

I'll keep pestering you

Even when the mail comes back

Undeliverable

Return to sender

No forwarding address

I'll keep writing 

And pestering you with emails and messages and texts

Until you get the hint

I am not going away

I will be here for you

Because there's a bond that holds us together

That can never be broken

No matter what