An Elergy For My Mother Poem by Isaac Maliya

Deserted
Around we roam without guide
As the last pillar
Forever blown away
Away into the abyss of this cruel land.

Robes of hope we wear
Of the holy meeting with you
As He descends in glory
With lasting protection
From the vultures and predators
Which wrinkled at your sight.

Staggering ahead
With the pains of survival
Why did it happen?
So early, so cruelly
In your early forties
Grey hair knew not your head.

Of all the days ahead
Why 27th September of Friday,1991?
The young not to see you?
Not to pay last homage?
Not shed tears of despair?
Only the heap was wept upon.

Ah! Blown away pillar
Away with everything you did go
The offsprings are scattered
To be assembled by Him
On the Day of His Glory.

Dedication: To Olpah, my late sister,
pioneer of this bitter ordeal.

Friday,18th October 1991.
Chapananga, Chikwawa, Malawi.