*Disclaimer: the thoughts and emotions in this poem are purely my own and do not reflect the viewpoints of others.*

But who took care of you?

No one

No one was there when the tears from from face to catch them and tell me everything will be okay

No one was there for me when my dad died and I laid my last living parent to rest

No one was there for my first heart break 

No one was there for me when my husband looked at me and told me he wanted a divorce or in his words “maybe we should see other people”

No one was there for me when my depression hit and all time high and tried to end me

No one was there for me before I met her and her wife…..

Then no one became they…

They were there with open arms when he kicked me out of our home we bought together

They were there as I navigated life after my divorce 

They were there to help me pick up the pieces after my post divorce long term relationship ended

She was there when I cried all those nights 

She was there to tell me everything was okay

They invited me into their families for Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter

They were there to show me what family actually means 

They were there to show me what love means and what it means to show up for people

They gave me sibling rivalry, parental love, aunt duties, family gatherings with bickering, and true unconditional love 

In the end when no one was there, they were there in my corner every step of the way cheering me on and for that I owe them my life.