Mfonobong Nelson Poems

Up the hill mother eagle calls
Down the valley mother sheep bleats
In the pens mother hen isn't eating
Cause a lost chick is making her worried
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The news? tis a shock to everyone
Yes to everyone who knew the one you loved so very much
It seems it's all a dream, a lie so big and large
You try so hard to convince yourself it's not true
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See her caught in the web of her shame
Yesterday's memories just won't let her go
See her shrivelling as a cord strikes
She feels she stinks because of what she's been through
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Look at her,
The pain in her heart exceeds the pangs of childbirth
Her throbbing bleeding heart needs mending and comfort
She wants direction, a way out of the crossroads
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