A model-home has vanished in a trice! <br />Its members were united for long years; <br />The family had been kept free of vice; <br />The children studied without any fears. <br /> <br />The family looks shattered ’yond repair; <br />Each sibling lives a selfish life unknown; <br />A phone-message amidst them is so rare! <br />The bond of love that parents gave is gone. <br /> <br />An exemplary family seems lost; <br />The parental influences were great; <br />The bond of harmony is now a ghost; <br />‘’Tis all our making and not any fate! <br /> <br />When parents live, a home is truly home; <br />With parents dead, inmates share hatred-worm! <br />Copyright by Dr John Celes 7-8-2006<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-home-sweet-home/
