Mamaaaaa.....


Death
You dance all around me
Snatching those so dear to me
Just when I need them most
First, it was Ezi Nnem
Then it was Nnam Oka
And now, Mamaaaaa . . . .

Why!!!
Who asked you to take them
Without asking first
Don't you know they are mine

Why!!!
You dared
Who gave you the power
To treat me so
Is it God?
It must have been
'Cos then
You wouldn't have dared

Why!!!
God why did you allow this to happen
Couldn't mama have stayed
a year longer . . . . a month
a week . . .a day
even an hour

So I could tell her
What she meant to me


Mamaaaaa . . . .
You were the mother I knew
My solace in those formative years
My shelter while those storms raged

Mamaaaaa . . . .
You may be gone
But you are not dead
You live . . .
Yes, you live on . . .
Right here in my heart
For here
Your candle will continue to burn
Till I come to join you.