Love Poem: My God Mother
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Written by: Sherifat Aduku

My God Mother

Overwhelmed
as mama offers a stare
at me.
Behind sleepy eyes;
I watched.

You would lay on the floor,
despite my warnings
You naughty child.

You cant stop snoring
like your father
she whispered
as she watched over 
me like an angel
as I lied on the tiled floor.

You obviously
Took both our characters
my priceless jewel.
I opened my eyes
As I said to her;
There is no me without you
MAMA.

Those words caressed her skin
like the freshness of the breeze
after rainfall that she smiled 
so softly.

I fell asleep peacefully 
filled with stories
my mother told me,
knowing there is someone 
guarding me like a god.


November 3, 2017.