Words To My Mom “Face of Death”

I wrote this poem last year in memory of my mom, today is her 2 years anniversary so I wanted to share it again.

The face of death
It took you away
I curse the spirit of death
Lonely nights I cried my eyes to sleep
You was my guardian dog
Now im just a sheep
With no direction
I miss your love and affection
Even when you had none
You gave me attention
The passion of Christ
Darkness of light
The elephant that lost a fight
You fought till the end
I know I will see you again
But I don’t know when
I will miss you until then
Your warmth when it’s cold
The darkness of the night
My soul is searching for the light
I feel like a bomb
About to ignite
Love, pain, anger and passion
I wished I had magical powers
To restore your strength
But death can only physically separate us
It can’t stop the spiritual connection
I will always see you in my dreams
It makes me look forward to sleep
But every night when I’m laying on the bed
It feels like an electrical current
Going through my head
I think about everything
And the pain is deep
Everything remind me of you
Making me feel the black inside the blue
Father and mother, friend and a teacher
Your proverbs are forever with me
And sometimes when it comes to my mind
I can hear you saying it
I feel great for the time we spent together
The pain, the joy and the laughter
The late nights in the living room
And the early morning after
“Show Boy, morning o”
I’m glad I can listen to your voice anytime I want to
Thank you for doing the interview
I know it was difficult for you
Just like your entire life
But you put us before yourself
You loved us unconditionally
I’m sadden because I feel we should’ve done so much more than we did
You planted a seed in us
You gave us more than life
U gave me courage
U gave me heart
U helped me to be a better man
Oh mom I missed u so much
I didn’t believe death was going to take you
I was looking forward to the time you get better
So I can bother you again
So I can show you my new dance
But I never had the chance
Thank you for waiting for me
It was an honor to spend the last few days with you
You are beautiful
Even in death.

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My mom saying her Oriki in Ondo dialect

Posted by Cos "UnderDaRock.com" Canino on Aug 24 2010. Filed under Featured, Music. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry