Proliferation (Family Conflict) Poem by Vincent Onyeche

Our childhood fool-around
A wiry course
Curse thrown at each other
Had a lexis we didn't mean.

Foes molested me
Hard you fought for me
My family and only true friend
I didn't dream of an end.

When love was time
You said to me
Go get her
Then it wasn't overrated.

Same flour we mixed
Same plate we licked
Same floor we swept and slept
Creative clay playmate I always felt.

Tortoise and stories
Together we got into troubles
Face down, sorry you said,
When I was wiped to bed.

In a keg party, intoxicated,
You threw away my drink keg
And backed me home by leg
Not anymore; health you always beg.

Time dashed wrinkles with hatred
Diabolic-shots on same-blood
Caused by sandy land
Vanity wealth inheritance

All these are mere jealousy
Brothers, sisters
We were best of family and friends
What has come in-between us?