by Blaise Aboh
Dear Mama,
I wish you were near mama
I miss you dearly
Oh! I just cannot bear it
My heart stops when your face comes to mind
Same heart skips for you, mama, you’re so fine
Who can I compare you with? No one!
Oh mama! To me you’re everything
I love you but it’s not enough
I’m grateful but still it’s not enough
I always want to have thoughts of you
Every day, I want to celebrate you
I haven’t got a kid or a wife
You are all I live for, my life
My steps, my courage
My biceps, my homepage
You are my sight, my smell
My sun, so bright as well
My garlic, my manna
My ginger, my water
My path, my guide
You pray for me all day, all night
My breath, my health
My strength, my wealth
My abs, my gusto
When you smile, who is Marilyn Monroe?
To describe you, words are insufficient
I swear mama, you’re hyper-efficient
If you were a girl, only you na girls
But you’re a woman, mama, only you na women, yes!
You’re my oasis in the Sahara desert
My parenthesis, my platinum bracelet
My tinker, my tailor
My soldier, my spy
My thinker, my hero
My shoulder, with you I climb high
My raindrops, my nature
My shield, my sword
My teardrops, my aperture
My first wonder of the world
Should I be grateful for only the 9months in your womb? Nay
‘Cos mama, in that same dome you carry me till this day
What would I have been, if not for you?
Would I be tall, dark, handsome if you weren’t black and beautiful?
Your heart, Oh! It’s like a gold bullion
You’re my one, my two, and my ten trillion
A bee can never be as busy as you mama
A Persian blade could never be as sharp as you mama
Not even honey could be as sweet, I swear it
For your heart beat is like music to my ears, when I hear it
Dear Mama, words can never be enough, but I hail!
I shall keep speaking of your goodness in songs and in tales
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Blaise Aboh is a Business/Startup Enthusiast, Creative Director and User Interphase Architect. His interests include Art, Poetry and Research Based Writing. Blaise is also the founder of TheBusinessAim.com [Nigeria’s Best Business/Entrepreneurial Blog 2013]. He tweets from @AimLEGEND_
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