Mum
How are you over there?
Are you happy the same way you were?
Do you find the things you loved there?
Like nsima with Chigwada and chambo?
Do you still smile the way you used to?
Is that place fun?
I miss your smile,
I miss the way you sang,
I still remember the songs you taught me mama.
I cried myself to sleep when you left,
Tears were my new lullaby,
That big pillow was my cuddle.
When are you coming back?
Are things difficult as they used to be here?
I miss you...I miss you mama.
Mama,
I'm no longer that short girl with no future taller than her.
I wanted you to see me wearing all the three gowns a woman should wear in life.
The first one sent me into tears,
Had to struggle mama,
All those uncles did not come to my rescue, the missionaries did.
They granted me a scholarship till I graduated. I'm a doctor now mama.
The second one...
I cried too,more than before.
I wanted you to see me kissing the man I love,
He knows you from the stories I told him.
I'm on the third one now mama,
A grand child mama.
Your grand child!
I will be a mum too,
I will raise it the very same way you did.
I still have that picture we took together,
It reminds of the few year's we have been together.
Though a few but they taught me a lot.
Guess what mama?
I'm a poet now,
I wrote this for you.
I believe you can hear me recite inbetween sobs.
I love you mum and forever I will.
May your soul rest in peace,
I miss you mama
I love you mama.
Happy mothers day!!!