A Friendly Request! Poem by DEDAN ONYANGO

Ever received a friendly request
That made you freak out?
The anonymity of the person
Made blood in my veins change its tributaries,
I opted for a quick scan of the person's profile
May be or may be not I will stumble upon something
To make me unravel the anonymous identity;
First there is no photo,
There is no biographical information,
I scanned again for any recent post,
None popped up!

I scrolled back to the person's profile,
May be I didn't check his list of friends,
He has no friends!
May be I will be his first Friend,
But why me?
My fingers shook as I scrolled back to his time line,
This time I saw something,
X has just joined Face book,
X would wish you suggest friends to him,
I looked at the time; it was late at midnight,
Why create a Face book account at the wee hours of time?

I scrolled up again, this time,
Ready to delete the friendly request,
My racing heart spoke to me; he just want to be a friend,
I gazed at the name of my friend to be
Or is it an anonymous to be?
His name is not familiar; he is of tribe X,
That makes it even worse,
Why me and not his people?
Could it be a mistake on the button?
I looked at the time again,
Why midnight?
Could this be a ghost?
I looked at his timeline,
It is devoid of any familiarity
Could it be...?
Any way it is just a friendly request,
I scrolled up and selected: Confirmed!