Mother 2
Mama Matron Kudos to you
Aunty Nurse thanks a lot
But you heard my cry
Where you were laid fairly dead
And I could hear your voice
Where I was making noise
You kept asking
Where is my baby?
All because of me!
As if that was not enough
Though in pains you laughed,
Clapped, sang and danced
Even with no drums
At your breast on your chest
Very close to your heart
With every act and art of care
You fed me with milk
Till I'm filled to the brim
You would never eat
You could lay me on several places
But you carried me at your back
And faced all the arrows
That life shot at me at childhood
All because of me!
You touched me
As you taught me
Your teachings are true
And your finger prints
Are all over me
They can never be forged
Or duplicated
And anywhere I go
They are everywhere on me
Thanks for your mother-friendly care.
As the sun rises
I remember your smiles
Racing across the miles
All like stars in my sight
Not with a bait
But weights of love
From all heights
It becomes brighter
I remember your laughs
Like the moon brakes forth
Send me some smiles
Across the miles
And they would find me.
When the earth quavers
You held my hands
To help my heart
Though you grow old
As you advance in age
It behooves your body
To beseech an abode below
Your spirit prepares
For the final flight of faith
That needs no plane or pay
Thus, your motherhood
All through my child-adult-hood
Forever holds
If you had written your names
On the pages of my diary
It could be lost
But you have inscribed it
On the plate of my heart
It can only take time
To be remembered
Dedicated to V.A Aderounmu.
© Fisayo Aderounmu.2012
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