MOTHERS!!!

This is paying homage to all the mothers all over the world as i celebrate my mum's birthday Mrs. Monisola Abeni Ajao on this day the 25th of june 2008

After long hours at the farm gathering woods,
She wakes up to start the fire,
She hears her child cry; she drops everything and moves towards the cry,
She ponders, are u hungry child, are u wet, are u sick?
What’s the matter? She worries……….
Mothers they say are God on earth
Their nurturing is a blessed curse,
They love beyond reason,

THE NEW LIFE
The cycle begins with the realization she is carrying a life inside of her,
The anticipation of the privileged name MOTHER excites her,
Birthing a child into this world is part of the heavenly plan of her existence
She waits, as this life grows in her,
She talks to her child,
She feels the kicks
She feels the beats,
She begins to get to know her child from within

She births her child
Through pain, through prayers, through strength
Finally she holds onto this life,
And from that day she promises NEVER TO LET GO.

THE EMANCIPATION
She looks in admiration, at her child,
Her child is no longer a toddler but a growing teen,
She is excited, then again she is scared
What, how, why??? These questions burn within her,
She smiles at her child, trying not to show her concern,
She decides ill hold on tighter,
Her child feels this excruciating pain with her grip
Then begs and yells for freedom, am in pain but she only grips harder
The struggle begins…………

LETTING GO
We all know this is one thing a mother cannot and will not do,
She feels she has a right to her child,
After all she carried her child for (9) months,
Nursed him, fed him by herself,
Stayed awake all night watching & praying when her baby was sick,
She had a vigil, fasted and cried to God for healing,
How dare u tell her to LET GO?
She feels betrayed, she is angered by the thought of the life she once carried
Now screams for freedom, would rather stay back with peers
She wonders where she went wrong, it makes no sense,
As she reaches out more the farther it seems her child is,
She goes on at this point showing love how she knows how to best
Its frustrating for the child, it becomes embarrassing
Why cant this woman LEAVE ME ALONE
Am grown, I can take care of myself…….

A MOTHERS LOVE BREAKS ALL THE RULES
She has no control on how she displays affection for her child
She breaks all boundaries for her child,
She starves, for her child to eat
She cares for nothing else but her child
She prays to take the sick bed stead of her child lying on helpless
She is selfless; loving and dotes blindly
She would die for her child if she had to,
That’s how much a mother’s love goes for her child…..

THE SINGLE MOTHER
These are special and unique mothers if I must say,
A great amount of their kids don’t understand the tough love they give atimes,
How do you explain?
Her being pregnant with u, is why your dad is not with her,
The anger she must feel, for what should have been joyous
She goes through birthing you alone,
No warmth for her to run to
No helping hands to care for u
No hands to caress her aching body,
Her bones begin to fail, she gets tired
Her strength is gone and as she slumps to give up
She hears your cry, and she gathers herself
Looking down at her reason to go on
She becomes the MOTHER & FATHER
She loves you both ways,
She teaches you from both ways
She worries for you in both ways
She has a heart of a warrior
It takes a father and a mother to raise a child
It takes a society to raise a good child
How much more a single mother???

APPRECIATION
We need to celebrate our mothers in every way we can,
We begin to understand their sacrifice, as we grow older and become parents.
God makes a mother out of a woman who submits herself to love his children on earth as he does in heaven.
The single mothers especially, it takes the grace of God and their selflessness to raise a good child.
She bears the burden of two parents; it’s a difficult task, especially with the various phases the child evolves through. Its not easy but GOD never forsakes his people let alone the vessels he has used as MOTHERS.
Iya ni wura!!
Mola.....