'she's more than gold' <br /> <br />In her haven I reside for nine months; <br />she sleeps and wakes in pain <br />until my head comes out her womb; <br /> <br />she shivers in the rain <br />when she searches for my needs <br />o what a great mother! <br /> <br />she's my mother, <br />she's more than gold! <br /> <br />she humbles her breast for me to suck <br />though I bite her nipple with my teeth <br />but she nods to my innocent deed <br /> <br />when I begin to grow teeth; <br />sickness emaciates my bones, <br />and she annoints my head with tears <br /> <br />she's my mother! <br />she's more than gold! <br /> <br />she nurses me till I become her father <br />and she pilots me to the evening of my life <br />to where my eyes can see the world <br /> <br />She's my mother, <br />she's more than gold! <br /> <br />I pray for you my mother <br />your legs will never attend my funeral <br />neither your tears to wet my infant grave <br /> <br />and I'll live to nurse you to your old age <br />before you sleep the sleep of elders <br />Adesitimi<br /><br />Adesitimi Taiwo Damilola<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-s-more-than-gold/
