And then, I fell in love

and did not impress everyone.

“Your fiancé does not fit into my budget.”

“Even if they moved in next door, they would still not be my neighbor.”

Family asking, “What’s their name? What do they do?” Then family moves on. Not interested. It’s like being interviewed for a marketing survey.

“There are millions of others you could have chosen and we’d approve of. Why that one?”, they say.

Knowing the source of their disputing.
Knowing their history of failed relations.
Families mostly don’t understand themselves –

why they approve and disapprove,

why they are demanding and have whims.

Reach and feel within the deep roots beneath family trees,

the hidden reasons for the despairing ongoing miscommunications, moods, money disputes and parenting debates.

It is the non-conscious dread of feeling insignificant,

and the natural thoughts of impending upcoming death.

These family trees need to be fertilized,

with a new and improved gardening approach.
A good spreading of death anxiety awareness around their trunks,

will help grow more loving grateful thriving branches.

When mortality is confronted, then anything is a real live possibility.

©️ July 2025 Much Love, Deb Poems