Ode To a Mother

Queen in our eyes! Goddess in our hearts Alleviated fears ;Shaped behaviors Built careers ; Educated a nation Sang hymnals :Through the moments slowly. She learned to live and love Unperturbed by failure unruffled by haste To rise in the midnight glory Unbounded by time ,Undimmed by hope. She sang dirges in ceremonies boxed by pain raze with tears Called on a God in heaven ! Pushed by problems unleashed by dreams To wipe our tears and fails Charred by life’s harsh realities Unbroken by woes strengthened in invocations Into our stubborn adolescent years The hectic times, the sick bed comforts I reminisce her brief scolding Refusing to go to school for no reason And all her exquisite wares I broke Can’t phantom the pain I caused her But she never gave up on me Not he not her not us Even the once who upon her laps they laid not A neighbourhood mum ; circumventing the hemisphere with her selfless deeds Spreading euphoria here and there. With little that she has and her love unrelenting For the ones she nurtured beneath her feet With a partner she adored since day one She smiles and there’s hope Of small beginnings and of grand endings In her voice comfort and peace I will forever be grateful for a mother like you So thank you for words uttered Your actions and inactions Thank you for the love unconditional Even In your anger in your pain Thank you for souls well nurtured The spanks so brusque The food The gifts Thank you for the care unending May God bless you always Thank you for a life well lived In your footsteps we follow suit.