All Is Well That Ends Well

( Contest name : Beautiful scars) The day dady departed, Promises were winged locusts. Uncle pledged heaven on earth. Aunt vowed I would be a prince. No sooner daddy was intered Than I knew khaki was not a leather. Soon it was home alone. Aunt melted away like snowflake. Uncle became a needle lost in bamuda. Like spittle that was out of the mouth, None ever returned . So wants adopted me; Taught me to fetch woods for bakeries And supply water to construction sites But needs took me to school Though in coat of many colours And a gum shoe without any sock. Wants and needs were not laissez faire - They woke me up before cock crowed, Slept only when the streets were desolate - Often corrected me with severe hunger That today I offer people butter bread, Seat and bouncing beds under ceiling roof. But the children of Israel visit Joseph in Egypt: There is hunger in the land says the uncle, Give us a room to keep our heads says the aunt; Then I look back in restropect - Though dad's death is a scar, All is well that ends well. Kayode. 22/11/15.