The Extended Family Of Love Poem by Ologunde Joshua Abiodun

Years ago and years to come!
Long-longer days when time was afresh,
We knew only one family; our parent, and siblings
We never knew what extended-family love was!

But as seconds and minutes refuses to stop;
Life made us know-knew and know them!
We didn't always like to be with them all; but we loved them
Some accept themselves and some abjure
But we always remind ourselves of the blood we share,
That irrespective of how we eschew the fact that we're blood relation; we couldn't fall-in-love with Ourselves;
Because we knew and know how same blood flows in Us,
While some loved and still loves Us; some hate and still hate Us!
We wish we could make them love Us, but we couldn't
Family is family when love is true and strong:

In my young age; my small brother once threatened me with a knife; but inspite of this! I still loved him and he loves me passionately
The love of extended family can be deep and bounded;
If love is given an high-throne(-ly) power among relations:

I wish all extended-family can be that forgivable!
But alas! same blood flows in Us
I wish a family member can plan a reunion of all our families
Where we can remove and replace noun-words like; cousins, nephews, niece, uncles, aunt....
And we start seeing ourselves as siblings of same great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-greatgrandparent of man and a woman

I hope for a future reunion of our extended families
Where all our relations will know themselves and see the power in family love and union
Where we'll become confidant to ourselves!
Where love and respect with birth more love,
I hope for that time and season; when our family will plan a grand family reunion
An event were daddy(s) and mummy(s) will tell Us of love and how sweet real love can help build families and Ourselves

I ask myself.... can there really be genuine-love? A love that can bring more loves to this world?
A love that will not be afraid of being jelted?

If we give other excuses for their fault and love them anyway;
If we can replace ego with love;
If we can turn-through our ways and show love instead of believing the idea;

Maybe if a call-to-love-reunion of families and extended families is made;
The whole world occupied by human (we) beings...
...will be a better place to live.