Family and Friends

More often than not, family isn't bloodline and friends are closer than brothers

Love is found far from home and home is everywhere but the place you lay your head and you once shared with your siblings

So the search shouldn't be in the box called family name, rather outside the box, outside the house

The search should be everywhere your feet thread or the search shouldn't even be

Just treat everyone like you share the surname Adam

There and then, love unveils herself

Acceptance, in the form of open arms, a shoulder to cry on, a token when in need, shows itself without you working to earn it

In a nutshell, 

Your family may not love and accept you as you yearn for but 

There's more than family in friends and loved ones around you

Accept the love they give and give back

One day, maybe your family will come around, or not 

But you'll be fine with no hard feelings

Life will be good

Life will go on

Las las, everything go dey alright 


XOXO

Love, Deedee

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