BY GLORIA O’KOYE
A friend is an overused word
Forced in the wrong places
Way too many times.
Ancestral wisdom taught for generations
How a true friend is more precious than mountains of jewels and resourceful ores.
To have one friend you can hold on to throughout this lifetime
Is like picking the right star throughout entire galaxies.
A true friend in this lifetime
Is a blessing that many will not truly experience.
In a world cursed by loneliness
An existing species
Created to socialize.
Sometimes the wisest
Yet overwhelmed by not sharing joys and riches,
May fall victim to calling countless strangers as friends.
Woes to those who have enemies
Disguised as those who claim to love.
They plot on your downfall
Every time the genuine joy of sharing good news,
They rejoice as shortcomings
Throwing feasts with the same ones
You shared that were frontline enemies
During the Great Wars.
Take heed
To distinguish friend from foe.
It will be the cause of your rise or fall.
Don’t let solitude cause irrational decisions.
You deserve friends that withstand storms like grass
Not acquainted flowers that would turn
At the first sight of snow!
