Mother's Day Poem by Zeki Majed

I first cried in your arms,
even when I was barely alive.
I knew that I would never see harm,
as long as I am in your embrace mom.

You were my first love,
as you are my last.
I recall how the years slowly passed,
when I was under your wings.

Nobody believed me,
when I told them I could hear the angels sing,
but believe me mother I did.

I never felt safer than you made me feel,
Even the deepest wounds in my heart, you could heal.

Today is mother's day, and you are not here.
I guess somewhere in my soul I always feared,
That the day would come when I was all alone.
When everything I ever loved was gone.

I never expected my feet to leave your soil.
I took the words your history taught me,
to always fight and be strong,
when weak, to sing a proud song.

Today is mother's day and you are not here.
Wherever in this world I breathe,
In my lonely heart you will always be.

My first, my last, my eternal love,
my land, my mother, my all,
the land where the olives cry.