PRAYER FOR MUMMY
By Drake Omonode
HELLO FROM
here, a place of sojourners of a common root with no same destination
Hello from
here, a here filled with memories of you and I
Hello
indeed from this side of the divide
Hello to a
friend that seem to have left my hands so abruptly
Hello
honey, when shall we lock fingers down the walkways again
Hello
sweetheart when again, when again
When again
shall we tell stories along bush paths in the cool of the evening
When again
shall we sing along farm routs
When again
shall we sit to plunder and feast on everything uncommonly delicious like
crickets, bush rats (Rabbits), and fruits with no English names.
When again
shall I sit on your laps and ferry long journeys
When again
shall you enquire about my happiness
When again
shall you tickle me just to see me smile and play
When again
shall I see you coming down from the other end of the road
Hello,
from this other side, I may have an M.sc but I have suddenly lost my sense of
counting, as days and years seem no longer distinct when I think of you.
I was the
first to always know your whereabouts but you have been gone for 19years now, still
I don’t know where you went to.
When again
shall you meditate, pray and walk with me
When again
shall I feel the warmth of your arms
You left
me without a notice and it has left me a man since I was 7, zero emotions and
anything of its likelihood.
Daddy
talks about you sometimes but I wish God keeps him long enough to let us decide
when he should leave. Please pray to the Angels to keep him for me and to God
that He remains strong. I wouldn’t want him to leave without a notice like you
did
Mummy rest
on, not because I have been able to do without you, but because God has found
it worthy to keep and prosper me.
Rest on my
Childhood Soldier
Rest on my
First True Love
Rest my Heartthrob
Rest on Mummy
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