To my invisible mum

TO MY INVISIBLE MOTHER

I had once wondered in the wonderland of imagination like every child to get embraced by you,
To get cuddled when tears violate my eyes,
To feel the warmth of you when the breeze of torture captures me.
But mother, you remain invisible in your visibility.
I was denied the milk to grow
Men were forced to believe that kwashiorkor was my second name.
I struggled with my upbringing.
It was different from every other children.
I could not even remember if I ever tasted your breast milk,
But what has kept my growth to this peak
Is the man-made milk called Peak.
I had to live on injection not to be injected from this world
My survival was by faith,
Even when I never believed in my fate.
Mama, you left without farewell to juggle justice,
You never looked back to see if this boy would trend the path of survival.
Mum, even when I try to picture who you are,
I try as much as possible to set a craven image of you in my oblongata
But the complexity of my brain never retained your picture.
Mama, I don't even know whether to call you sweetie,
Or to call you sugar.
But I can only call you the invisible mother.
Mother, I want you to know that I survived all.
Mama, how I wish you can see what your boy has finally turned out to be,
How I wish you know how crazily brilliant I have become.
Mother, your boy has turned out to be super, He is now called the SuPerMan.
Why you left is still mysteriously a mystery.
Your blood still runs in my veins;
So, you remain unchangeable Mama.
I still desire our eyes will mash up One day.
I promise to make you called the blessed because I am now the blessing.
I want to shatter and batter you with smile you never had
I want you to know that I just bought you the world.
The world you've so much desired.

When you see my invisible mum,
Tell her, I'm waiting to behold her.


By Olaleye Samuel Abiodun E.A.

Olaleye Samuel Abiodun E.A. a.k.a

Superman, is a first class Honour graduate of Library and Information Science from the prestigious University of Ibadan. He is a writer, stage poet, singer, instrumentalist, A strategist, A counsellor, orator, blogger, and a Computer Engineer. He is the founder of SuPerMan Productions, the organiser of Poetic Blaze, University of Ibadan.