The Blessings of Maami

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The Blessings of Maami

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From the depths of her being

There gushes a mighty river

From a source well hidden within

the crucible of her spirituality.

She a giver;

Created just like the one who touts a 'third leg'

The lot fell to her to become the ferryman of the little extra

required to spawn champions.

Her voice is a song

Her scolds ever so painful to bear at first,

Enshrine in us, character and values that birth tomorrow's laurels

Her bosom is a fortress more secure than that fort

where gold is held captive in Barack's country.

Her laughter gladdens the day

Even nature is discomfited at her pain and discomfort.

Has mother ever pulled you ear?

Has your backside ever felt the wrath of her slipper?

Have the unspoken words of her eyes ever chilled your bones?

Indeed we all have a tale to tell of mother at her punitive best

Yet, how quickly mother-inflicted sorrow disappears in her cuddle

How eager we are to hear her call us her pride and joy

She names her own with meaning

She raises her own with purpose

She models to her own the nobility in selflessness

Left to her, the one that has sucked at her paps

will not be bested in the field and in enterprise

The sacrifice of her essence simply will not allow it.

Father may be the foundation

Mother is the mortar,

Without which the bricks of society and nations are not held fast

I see her place now so clearly;

The Creator has given her the noblest of roles

She shall be a co-refiner; her heart and hands will mold destinies

As I face my sojourn on earth

Contending with the obstacles that litter my path

To becoming mother's little one now grown

I remember the beneficial things for which I am grateful

That have given me strength from yesteryear

The blessings of my mother.