Mother All the way, All over, All the time-Poem by Betty Makoni
Poem dedicated to all mothers and all good men who support mothers
Today
I walked down my ten year old son to school
I
held him tight by the hand and walked him on
Across
the road another Mother held five year twin girls
She
walked them fast but her gentleness stayed
I
asked my son if the girls are twins like I do daily with even just sisters
`They
are twins mama, today you got it right`
Just
like my mother and her twin sister, just a thought in my head
Even
my grandma held tightly her twin daughters just like so,just a thought again
Every
Mother holds their children All the way, All the time
As
my son walked to class I stopped him before his morning hug
I
told him I see Mothers All the way ,All the time
He
nodded his head, looked at me and he said ,Mothers All over Mama
A
man who impregnates may desert a child at birth
Much of an outsider who flirts and flops
He
can harass and harm, insult and orchestracise the unborn child
He
can despise, degrade and finally disappears
But
Mother will be there All the way, All the time
For
the unborn baby and the born baby
For
the dumped unborn baby and the ditched born baby
Mother
is there All the way, All over and All the time
Father
may choose a mistress to cuddle and caress
Just
for personal pleasure, self and lust
Only
time he comes back is wedding day or graduation day
To
claim what’s done is his as if there all the way ,all the time
Mother
will be Mother All the way, All the time
In
sickness, failure, stumbling, death and sorrow
Mother`s
love is one size fits all
Mother
is All over, All the time and All the way
Only
one from two dozen teachers is male, my ten year old son told me
Mother
Teacher always there to teach to read and write
No
house stands by roof but by foundation
No
Father Teacher that many digging foundation
With
toddlers and infants noise, confusion, irritation and ignorance
Even
more annoyed, angry and agonising
Father
Lecturers only know assignments and not alignment or realignment
Mother
Teacher less paid for alignment and Father Lecturer more paid for assignment
Mother
teacher All the way, All the time and All over
Ever
heard of single mothers more than single fathers?
Single
handedly a Mother is with child All the way, All the time
Single
father evaporates, single mother stays on
All
the time, All the way, All over
Married
Mothers too single handedly do everything, everywhere
Single
Married Mother who strives and struggles
Fathers
who like football spectators just cheer or jeer
For
a score its credit theirs for no score mother is jeered
Score
or no score, mother All the way, All the time
As
my son walks to his class, I watched him turn back to wave his hand
Ten
fathers per hundred Mothers were here and there
Mothers
and Mother Teachers digging the granite foundation
Elsewhere
Mother vendors, Mother cleaners, Mother prostitutes, all sacrificial lambs
Mother
nurses, Mother Carers, Mother corpses,
Mother
Nature, Mother language, Motherland, Mother Tongue, Mother Everything,
Mother
all over, All the way, All the time
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