Mummy (Special Dedication To My Mother) Poem by Ibrahim Bidu

I know mummy,

Even as I write this

You may never get to see it

As I know for sure

You can't read even if you got it.

But I write this

So the world would see

If I ever get to publish it

Which am sure I will

How much you mean to me



You were there mummy

When others thought I was a dummy

Not worth their time and money

And without a job

Pampered me so

That a snob would turn green with envy



You were the first teacher

And indeed the only one

With whom I freely differed

And got hugs and kisses in return

Teaching me to question

Yet respect authority

Teaching me that to compromise

Is at times a useful device

In a world everyone is struggling to rise



I know I've not been a great son

Nor expressed love

The way you've always readily done

And you may have at times wondered

Whether I've been worth the sacrifice;

But I want you to know

That in a special place in my heart

You will always reside

A place you'll never lose

No matter what, my special lady



I may not have loads of cash

Stashed somewhere in the bank,

I may not build you a mansion

Or buy you a big car

So your tired feet may get some rest;

But I want you to understand

That numerous hills and mountains I have scaled

And are well on my way

To conquering the world

Which is enough pay I guess

For all your pain.

And to show you mummy

Your struggles have not been in vain

Just look mummy

At how those who left us stranded on the way

Are struggling to get

A share of our little gain



Mummy,

You mean the world to me

And if God allowed me to worship

Beside Him any other being

It would be you mummy no doubt about it.