Submitted By: Nkiru Njoku

Like five and six; that was how we were.
No fighting, no crying, never once a tear.
The bond of friendship that held us together;
Ever so strong, even tighter than a fetter.

But one day, my friend;I saw him no more.
He was gone with the wind,like days of yore.
Why? you may ask and I surely will tell...
I won the lottery and my friends heart fell!

What happened to our love,where did it all go?
To the wind because my friend envied me so?
Maybe Cupid was on leave on that fateful day.
And then 'envy' came and pulled his arrow away...

©Nkiru Njoku, February 2002