Mother

Mother, you brought me here, gave me a body

What you have done for me could have nobody else

Done for me

For nine months you carried me within your own body

Counting the days till having somebody to reap

All the warmth of your love

When I arrived you put me in the center

Orbited me like the moon bound to the earth

Self-appointed to serve

You gave me a name you knew I could carry

Watching me grow you hoped I would marry for love

Have a daughter of my own someday

Being born under a full moon gave me a blessing

Of family and home, the pillows of your core beliefs

They made me who I am

The fruit of thy wonle, the blood of thy blood

Filled with your strength, made of your love

I was born with wings so I could fly

But I was your world

I was your everything

I know it broke your heart to see my wings unfurl

Knowing you could no longer protect me

Had to leave to just trust me

Waiting to hear from me, to know I was ok

Mother

You made every sacrifice

I am sorry to realize that no one was keeping score

Mother oh mother

I shall lay the world at your feet

Mother I come from a long line of levies

Keepers of knowledge guardians and healers

I know it’s not easy to survive

Facing whole centuries of abuse and oppression

Being denied all unbridled expression

You withdrew and went deep beneath the ground

There you’re resided, silenced downtrodden

In the million years past you’ve been nearly forgotten

All the same, there are those who remember your name

In the deepest of depths, all the way in the center

You gave wise to a realm every few may enter

I ask your permission to pass

The world is in a state of perpetuate of chaos

People divided by forces who play us

Against each other in defense of a lie

They say greed isn’t greed just basic survive

Nothing is gained by quoting the bible

To most, the truth remains obscure

I have come to collect you and bring you back up with me

I have felt you calling me every time I closed my eyes

And wonder what future awaits us

You whispered that you would rise

To the master of the world’s surprise

He, who thought you buried alive

Mother, oh mother

We need you now more than ever before