Looking Ayisat's Picture Poem by Alade Abayomi Idris

This is mama
The greatest of all mothers
Ever sojourn the grotesque earth
Her actions in the old play
Stand still in eyes
Her sagacious sayings
Illumine the murky world i live
Tale she tell of con and clever folks
Re-echo in my skull.

This is mama
I can see her
Beaming with her usual smile
Her motherly laughter with children
Gazing grossly at our impish deeds
With side pinching of correction.

This is mama
I can see her
In her African attire
Well coloured than the best outfit
Of the queen of England
And first lady of many countries.

This is mama
Whose life is long gone up
In the chariot of death
And her precious body
Enriching the soil of her fatherland.

This is mama
I can see her in this old picture
That trigger my memory of my late grandma
I cry fresh cry for your exeunt
For i love you.
Cheerio Ayisat.