Mother, Show Me the Way

Mother! Show me the way
The real parent 
A seed plant from its plant
From what is planted comes a real parent
Mother! Show me the way

No more arguing 
From blood, fresh, water and going_
Forming a child of parent and mothering
Mother! Show me the way

I call her mother
Calling her everything I don’t bother
No me nor brother
Remembering a steam, real world of father
Mother! Show me the way

She might be left
Meandering right to left
The children to benefit 
From back looking the prints left by foot
Determining the real gear from the pot 
Of my mother in order to eat
Mother! Show me the way

She might be used
Let me call the pleasurable to be not measured 
From where by the moments of pleasure my father pretend
Removing day, welcoming dark, these depend
The direction of the day of today in play
This is the horned saying of the poet to deploy 
Mother! Show me the way

She sweat without sweet
Day to day, morning to morning
Humidity encouraging her, motivated under digging
What was found, taken without any profound?
To the others to eat, from my mother’s sweat
Mother! Show me the way

My African mother, a real woman
Regardless of no man, a teacher or layman 
As you see the moon, out from the sun
Show that I’m your son, let me out from the summon
As it is what we get out from what we receive in
Negative relation and the negative impact come on
Mother! Show me the way
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Zwane Avatar
May 14, 2015 at 3:57 AM
Great poem Anthony. African mothers are strong!
Anthony Avatar
June 21, 2016 at 6:40 AM
It means a lot; thanks_Lot of hugs by, Abed
A  Avatar
May 10, 2015 at 10:56 AM
Abed :) Congratulations on having your poem featured this Mothers Day. SKAT love
Anthony Avatar
May 11, 2015 at 3:36 AM
it is my pleassure to hear from you, lot of hugs_Abed
A   Avatar
April 26, 2015 at 2:20 PM
Abed, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
Anthony Avatar
April 26, 2015 at 1:24 AM
i like it as long as it shows the relationship between the parents and the children.
A  Avatar
April 26, 2015 at 12:58 AM
Abed, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
Anthony Avatar
April 26, 2015 at 1:32 AM
HI! my friend SKAT, A. I am a university student at Mount Meru university (Arusha-Tanzania) taking BED in English/Guidance & Counselling. Since 2012 I started to compose poems up to this moment. I will like to be my poetrysoup friend as my hand of my life career.
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