Family Poem by John Chizoba Vincent

Family needs closeness to strive
Family needs commitment to stand
Tenderness to the need for privacy-
The privacy to physical consolation
And the consolation straight to harmony
With a little help from rationalization
The sympathy leads smoothly into peace
Family is closeness not just for sexuality
Family is togetherness in trouble and joy
Family is goodness and kindness to all
Family is fulfilment, fidelity and sharing
Family is faithfulness to your spouse and kids
Family is fruitfulness and friendship
What good is a family if you're not a family?
What good is success if no one to share it with?
Don't be too ambitious to forget your family,
Job comes and go but family remains in midlife.
Don't throw away family and pick up job
The frustration there after is greater than hell.
Together, but alone! That is loneliness of the
Most haunting and devastating kind to avoid.



(C) John Chizoba Vincent
Voice Of Vincent 2016