Mama

A thought in your brain cells
An embryo in your womb
An infant on your breast
Was the man of letters

You’d have given me
A stop sign when I was only
An idea but you didn’t mama
In your brain cells was I conceived

Always on the look out
My smile to fade not
Denying self
To behold yourself in my visage

For all the sleepless nights
Nursing this species
For all the tears shed
When hell broke loose on me
Thank you mama

My God-given gift
My all-time intercessor
A blessing worth being blessed