Growing Old
Gabby Ramano
7 cousins, Romanos and Waterburys
3 and 4 siblings
3 boys and 4 girls
Big happy family
A pack thick as thieves
Together a lot
Loving family
Holidays, birthdays, summers
Hanging out,
A pack thick as thieves
Loving grandparents
Spoiling their 7 grandchildren
Disney, the cape, and even each other’s houses
A pack thick as thieves
Every Christmas
A pageant shall be performed
Every cousin participates
Whether you are Mother Mary, Joseph, the Angel, or the donkey
A pack thick as thieves
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter
Gathered around the kid’s table
Name tags at each plate
Soda in each cup
A pack thick as thieves
Weddings come and go
Never one of the 7
Yet they stay together
Never straying from each other’s glance
A pack thick as thieves
As years go by
Schedules get busier
Visitations are limited to holidays
But we stay together
A pack as thick as thieves
Lifestyles drifting separate
Experiences completely different
Yet they tell each other
And yet some they share
A pack as thick as thieves
Together again
On Christmas day
To pass around presents
Watch movies
And have fun as a family
A pack as thick as thieves
Celebrate again they shall
Birthday season upon
Except only a few sodas left
Glasses filled with wine and beer
Yet still a pack as thick as thieves
A big party hosted
Drinks galore
They stick together though
Help each other out
The young ones now taking care of the older ones
A pack as thick as thieves
The loss of a legend
Someone who loved all 7
A role model who broke their hearts
So together they stay
As a pack as thick as thieves
Rarely seeing each other
With such different lives
Yet when together
Like nothing separates them
Always and forever
A pack as thick as thieves
