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.
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