No Part Where I Belong: Family Poem by Simbarashe Raymond Mudukuti

Even my own family no longer considers me a part of them
I have been gone for a long time
This world ain't easy
I am from an African family
We look after our own
That's what said by the community
You send them money
But still they say your presence would have been better
You go there empty handed
They look at you with those eyes
The ones that say we do not eat your presence
Slowly rage starts building up till you see that your presences is no longer wanted
And yet I call this family

The other family says that we miss you
Come and visit more
In fact come and stay here
You tell them about the problems you face and they seem understanding
You get there
And boom no one is prepared for you as they seemed
You realise that you are actually causing unnecessary inconveniences
There for what is family when you are poor
Unfortunately this is an African disease
The great Zimbabwean problems