A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO ME

A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO ME

Miriam Tsegay

7 th Grade • Jane Addams Middle School

Family and Community Three words That mean more than the eighteen letters That represent them Family means to me The people that surround us And love us unconditionally With all our faults and flaws And support us Through all our trials And testaments Community Is like an extension Of family They are the people that surround us At the beginning of our public years They witness those first mistakes First fights And first friends

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They are your world Before you enter the real one Both family and community Are there to guide us In confusion And in the community One helps another Through trouble And mayhem In times of disaster Hate And pain Community and family Almost become one To nurture and care And make your world A better place And soothe the pain That you may face And it’s what makes family and community Special In an incomparable Irreplaceable Way

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