We Were Friends Poem by DANIEL ESSIEN

Were we not friends?
Battled same dishes
Conquered bottles of drinks
Staggered into same ditch
Indeed we were friends

We walked round in the squall
As harsh as the desert
With bare chest and foot
These were important to we all
How friends we lost
Like smoke or ghost
Or the rising earth crust.

Indeed we've repented
In thoughts and deeds
Under the ground buried deep
We shall meet again
I hope not longer in pains.
Like smoke or ghost
Or the fading crust