Thank You Mama: From the Child Who Was Almost Aborted

I look back at a time When I was too young to decide She had the power to choose If I could make it or not And I had to oblige The doctors told her They had to terminate me To save her life She had to think fast How she would live With her conscience afterwards? Knowing she had killed her own child? She went on her knees Until her prayers were answered Through her kindness, I was saved That is why I appreciate Yes, I praise the God of Heaven For giving my Mother the strength To carry me to the surface of Mother-Earth And not beneath it A great privilege that I left her belly alive I could have died Before being counted among the living I would not be part of creation Nor exist in this generation Would have had My dreams suppressed My parent’s freedom oppressed My mission deprived And her vision denied So glad that all odds, we defied Here I am, to fully testify How precious it is To be given a chance in this world I am forever grateful To my Mother who chose not to abort me From the bottom of my heart All I can say is, thank you, Mama!