Who sat and watched my infant head,
When sleeping on my cradle bed,
And tears of sweet affection shed?
My Mother
When pain and sickness made me cry,
Who faded upon my heavy eye,
And wept for fear that I should die?
My Mother.
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Poem by Ann Taylor
Mama Solo( full name Solomon) gave birth to six boys in Abuja Nigeria,no modern cradle just her hands,her love, her mother's hands and her sisters hands.
It was a full house.
She would feed some with her breast and her mother
Mama na( her mother) will feed some of the children using cups to put it in the baby's mouth carefully.
Her sisters, Three sisters holding the baby's like a cradle,so they could fall asleep.
Mama telling them to be careful.
Hmm...!
Motherhood.
No one prepares you for it,
It begins when you become pregnant,
who told you that lie.
Motherhood starts from the moment you are a child.
Yes,
You see that thing
Children do,
Especially the girl child.
Where she carries her teddy bear,water bottle or cardigan and back's it on her back, just because she has seen it and she imitates it subconsciously.
That's where it begins.
When she sees Aunty Hafsy scolding her brother for matching the chair. That girl will do the same thing when she's able to talk.
Or
When she's two and she sees a baby.
She would want to hold that baby, because it's a sense of awareness "Care" built in her
Motherhood.
When she's Thirty years old in a marriage of four years and the children are not coming but she sees her friends children,she carries them,
Holds the children. And Plays with them or sings to them.
Motherhood.
She comes back home late and kisses all of them.
Motherhood.
She holds them and wishes they should not have come into the world,she can't stop hearing them crying,she can't stop hearing the cries,
It's too much.
Motherhood
Postpartum psychosis hit some women,
What is it?
a severe, rare psychiatric emergency that causes a sudden break from reality, delusions, and extreme mood swings in new mothers.
Motherhood.
That aunty that eats children biscuits but would never allow anything to happen to those children.
That aunty that always scolds you.
9 months is not a qualification,
The woman that stood there for you to succeed,to protect you from all dangers the world offers and to avoid you so she won't hurt you.
Is a mother
To listen to you
To teach you kindness
To teach you discipline
To teach you value.
To understand you.
She shouts so that the world will not burn you
She takes you for the doctor's appointment even when you are 30 because her role doesn't change as age do.
She has the choice to take your life away from you before you see the light of day but she doesn't.
Motherhood is a beautiful experience. Especially for the girl child.
She becomes responsible so she could take care of you.
She is already responsible but when she has you, she doesn't have an idea of who you'll be but she trains you anyway.
She spends time with baby for 9 months and after then she doesn't see baby again,
She hides away the clothes and cries sometimes seeing them.
Motherhood
After years of training adult,he leaves her in tears.
Hmmm..
Sad
Now
She doesn't know you at all, she takes you in and she takes you in as her own. She's a mother
Motherhood is beautiful. Cheers to all mummies,
You deserve a day off.
But what happens then, I can't begin to imagine.
This is a thank you to all Mothers.
Oya go and send your mummy money 🤭
Cheers 🥂 to her
In that light, let's do this, leave a native name for mummy in the comment section
Bye for now 🤍
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