To a mother who has lost one and only son-Betty Makoni tribute Radio show to Yemurai Kanyangarara
Yemurai Kanyangarara is a Zimbabwean young man who had dreams and aspirations. He was murdered as he disembarked from a bus in London on 1 July 2011. One police officer said people watched helplessly as this young life slipped away just like that.
Touched by what I heard on BBC Radio early morning news of 2 July I searched all over Facebook to see how I could find contact details for Sharon Jambawo his mother. Coincidentally I found out she is one of many quiet friends of mine who admire the work I do from afar. She touched my heart.
I later visited Sharon to pay tribute. As I looked at her I saw a woman bereaved and who had lost her one and only son. My eyes filled with tears that I held so hard and they flowed inside as I knew Sharon need women who give her positive energy.
In a week Sharon Jambawo parts with her one and only one when he is finally laid to rest
I just thought how I could pay tribute since I heard the news and thought a poem would console Sharon. Then as days come closer to Yemurai`s burial after months of investigations by police, am thinking of that day when Yemurai will be finally buried and then he parts with his one and only mother. My radio show is a forerunner to this day and and is meant to celebrate the life of Yemurai.
Please join me on Muzvare Betty Makoni Radio show as I pay tribute to this young man whose life, work and hopes are so inspirational.
Details of Radio show www.zimonlineradio.com at 6pm 4 September 2011. Feel free to send your song requests
Poem title: To a mother whose son had hopes and aspirations
(Poem dedicated to Sharon Jambawo-Mother to Yemurai Kanyangarara and their whole family.)
This is a poem from a mother to a mother
This poem is to a mother and son who today part
This poem is to a mother whose call to duty is by a son
Whose dreams and aspirations are word to word by his hand on a paper
This poem is to a mother whose son`s tragedy raises hopes and aspirations
This poem is to a mother who through same tragedy aspires and inspires
This is a poem from a grieved mother to a bereaved mother
This is a poem from a transformed mother to a transforming mother
This is a poem from a mother to mother
To a mother who at 19 had an adorable baby boy
To a mother who had only one son and just once
To a mother who after 16 years son slips away
To a mother whose young husband once loved and cared
To a mother who from afar cries and condolences fly
To a son who aspired to fly her mother far and further
To a mother who once nursed a baby boy and cuddled him
To a mother who cuddles not a son but his hopes and aspirations
This poem know you is from a mother to a mother
To a mother whose Young Yemurai was stabbed and died
To a mother who got short news bulletins that say no more
To a mother whose son` s hopes and aspirations say ever more
To a mother whose son had many awards and achievements
To a mother who today cannot stop condolences and consolations
To a mother who came a long way and has to face a longer way
This poem is to a mother whose son cannot answer when she calls
This is a poem to a mother whose calling is not to her one son
This is a poem to a mother whose calling to all other sons now
This is a poem I wanted to write to another mother
This is a poem to tell a mother when all you have is taken
This is a poem to say this is time when all is also given
This is a poem to tell a bereaved mother to be a brave mother
This is a poem from an inspired mother to an inspiring mother
This is a poem to a mother whose son had hopes and aspirations
(Betty Makoni www.muzvarebettymakoni.org is mother to three boys, 16 year old Tinopiwanashe (It is only God who gives) Spencer aged 14 and Mukudzeishe (Only praise God ) aged 10
Betty Makoni is CNN hero 2009 for Protecting the Powerless and has 26 global awards for excellence and innovation for her girls work
She wrote this poem after visiting Sharon Jambawo, mother to Yemurai Kanyangarara to pay tribute and help with therapy as well as finding ways to carry the legacy of her son whose achievements inspired Betty Makoni to write a poem.
Betty Makoni lost a brother she mothered at age 12 and her brother Moses was 11.Since then she has always tried to find out how something tragic can be turned into positive energy
An inspiring story of Yemurai Kanyangarara is being put together by an expert Jessica from USA through Betty Makoni so that some boys can learn a lot from the life of Yemurai.Betty says that although media is focussing on death of Yemurai,there is a lot of great things Yemurai did that can be positively used for other boys of his age including her three sons
`When something pains me I write a poem to see how best I can turn this negative feeling into positive feelings.`
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