Oh Mama Poem by Ortiz Antwi

I remember just like yesterday prior to my promotion to the senior most class
When all the whims and caprices of the world seemed to be dancing to my tune
When all the exults and the kid ult thoughts seemed to be deeply entrenched in my heart and mind
When my freedom and haste surpassed all birds that floats up high over hills and vales
There when I thought my emotional status could deal with more challenging spheres
It was there at that juncture that the world stood still
When I was told my mum had being admitted at the HOSPICE
Tears welled up my eyes like a cloud bout to rain as memories overwhelmed me
Taking the bull by its horns was like a feeling of a child who had being searching for his lost errand money
Seeing her on the bed struggling to tell me something crushed my soul
I wept to her sight
Now it was due for her burial and thoughts of never seeing her again failed to elude me
My younger sister being in the web and startled at my uncontrollable weeping broke down in tears
We both watched her shrouded in her casket
All my flaws and negligence hunted me like a guilty conscience hunts its victim
Things I could not tell her echoed in my head like the sound of a child in an empty room
Plagued by the pain which was like a pin impaled through my heart elicited a spontaneous outcry saying: OH MAMA