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Mami Owon

It is so true that good mothers are rare.
In the furious face of hunger,
And in the ferocious jaws of sickness
You have always been near.

Mami Owon,
This verse could have been a salutation,
Expressing my love for you,
Or to seek help from you,
But it is not.
O! My dear mother,
I am penning this down in your absence
Now that death has snatched you from us.

I wish this was in your hands
And not in the hands of some strangers
Reading through this poetic letter,
Making meaning of my poetic intents,
Scanning through carved words-
Expressing human futility.
Now that your sleep
When November was just five days old
Has caused us to weep
The thought of you
Reminds me of my promise

My dear mother
Iya mi Owon
I have never written you words
To express how much I appreciated you,
The confidence I had in you
And how strong you had been in times of adversity.
I am left with no options
But to pen this at your demise.

I remember that market place,
I remember that Night
And I still remember that day,
But all these good I cannot pay you back.
I remember that puddle
Even though you thought I was far too young to recollect.
All that pains and trauma
My mind still replays the drama.

Omo Olumo
Omo Lisabi
One when angry
Scolds you with prayers,
One who beats with her right hand,
And draws you nearer with her left.

Mami Owon
I have tried in my little way
To be the best that I can,
I have come to realise,
That all the debts I owe you
None I was able to repay
And even in our differences,
And in the moments of pain
Your courage, and your kind heart
And your hope in God
Were your last breath.

Here we are moving on
Knowing not when we shall pay our final price,
Here we are still hoping,
Hoping for a cure,
And hoping for the winds of success
To take us from here to there.

But the truth remains,
We were helpless
To save you from the cruel hands of death
But God alone knows better.

Copyright © Muyideen Ayinla | Year Posted 2019

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