MY MOTHER'S LEGACY

 

Mother used to tell me

Never to lose hope

Even when things become bitter.

She used to encourage me

Never to give up

Even when I felt that I had to.

She was the only woman who could sacrifice

Her own happiness

For the sake of mine.

She was the only person who minded most

About my tears

Even she herself

Was crying.

But now

She is only in my imagination.

She resides no more

In this physical world.

 

Mother used never to lie

And never did she hide

Any sort of grudge.

She always was

A peace lover

Truth-filled and just.

Her hands gave a lot

And her heart expected not.

For she knew that in giving

She had given not to man

But to God.

Yes!

She was a staunch believer.

But now

She is like the whirlwind.

Her place on the face of the earth

Has gone vacant

Despite the unavailability of someone good enough

To be in her shoes.

 

Mother was a hero

All the way from a zero.

She struggled a lot

And gave up not.

In all the rest

She loved the best.

But now

She is in another land.

The land of apparitions.

Rest in peace my momma.

 FEEBLE CROWNS