MAAMI
Some nights I wish history can become mystic
And chant her motherly vows into a poetic music
Some nights I wish mysteries can become artistic
And enchant maami’s ambiguity to silence her foremost critic
Maami,
Made of black, mother of all mystique
Buxom figure, goddess of all physique
Her awesome smile revive my soul when sick
After Her industrious strength all men on earth seek
True **Abiyamo,
Her eyes are mirrors of a child’s aspiring paradise
Her eternal dreams no child will ever jeopardize
Her nurturing guide leads to the path of life’s prize
In the rivers of her love I surrender to be baptized
*Maami: Yoruba word for Mother
**Abiyamo: Yoruba adjective for ‘true mother’.