Definition Poem by Ntsikelelo Dayile

Definition

Is it a question?
Of who has your blood
The sharing of food
Accept he who is a fool
Or the one who avail
When all seems doom.

Non graduates taken for granted
Favourites given certain grants
Take left overs from fed over
Take chores whilst humming chorals

Is it the expectation
Of being given a hand
Or the one who can lend
Feels like drawing on sand
End, is hasty and unpredictable.

Is it the one you Born with
The one you get bored with
He you have fun with
Or the one you share struggles with?

What is Family?
Please Define.

N.J Dayile
22/06/2026