Gates of Heaven

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

Blood is thicker than water,
Or so I've always been told,
Brother, sister, son or daughter,
Together until we get old.

When times get severe, we put family first,
We need to depend on each other,
When the storm is inflicting wrath at its worst,
It's our kin that will help us recover.

But falling in love with one the same sex,
Is not going down very well,
It's not the 'behaviour' my family expects,
It's a one-way ticket to hell.

Disparaging looks with whispers and humming,
Then distant belittling voices,
My family tell me that I had it coming,
"We just don't agree with your choices."

Despondent and thrown to the clutch of despair,
Each piece of me is now shaking,
These are the loved ones that promised to care,
They must see how my heart is breaking?

"This isn't a choice, it's just who I am!"
My arguments fall on deaf ears.
They said blood is thicker? The ultimate sham.
A river forms from my tears.

"What happened to sticking together?"
They withdraw and I want to scream,
Exposing my love brings grave stormy weather,
"What happened to being a team?"

They're shaking their heads, as my spirit burns,
Stand by as my name turns to mud,
My kin let me drown, the lesson I learn,
Is that love is far thicker than blood.