No One Loves Me More Than My Family Poem by Elorm Dogbo

Most of the time I ask myself

For I want to know who loves me more than my family?

Who?

They that I walk with

Or they that I talk with

People I live with

Or those that I worship with

I cannot tell with much certainty

But no one loves me more than my family.



How many

Are prepared to share with me my happiness

With no end credits behind the mind;

How many

Will share with me my sorrow

Without taking it as a debt they owe.

How many?



All women can break my heart

But not my mother

All men can refuse to make me proud

But not my father

Other men might not give me security

But not my brother

Other women might gossip about me

But not my sister

So no one loves me more than my family.