Of Mama

Strange things are said of you woman!  
Stranger still the things I bear in my heart!  

Words are not enough  
either to confirm or to affirm the love and respect I have for you  
 
You carried the weight of the world on your shoulders  
And then added my weigh too, together with both my brother's and sisters' weights  
 
From your womb I came  
and with your gentle hands you nourished and nurtured me  
 
You gave me life and freedom to live life as best as like to live it  
Even if it meant watching me from the sidelines as I buried myself in my own grave  
 
For me:  
You are the highest comparison of grace and beauty and strength and boundless capabilities and limitless potential and all other admirable qualities  
But most of all; you are the strongest comparison to love I have ever known