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Friday, 6 January 2017

My mother's daughter


 I am my mother's daughter,
Always eager to carry people on my back
when they'd never dare to hold my hands 
I give and I give until I have nothing left to give.
My mouth runs faster than a leopard
Like a wood frog my feet refuses to 
touch the ground on gloomy days 

I am my mother's daughter, 
I could try to fix a broken glass
With a pinch of prayer and a tub of glue 

I am my mother's daughter,
I pick myself up before I fall.
You are so strong. 
I am told
If only they knew how heavy
the waters fall from my eyelids at night.
Like rainfall in the Amazon forest.
But even after the heaviest rainfall
comes sunshine.