That phenomenal woman, my mother
The great-great-grandmother she be
Something my mother said to me about life:
“Who has time for dying when there is yet living to do?
And still is the water, just a raindrop in the sea
For we all shall taste death, and then there’s life anew”
Have you ever seen a newborn baby smile?
The look of satisfaction in that old lady’s eyes
And when I hear my mother’s laugh,
The world’s alright with me
Maybe, one day, I will know my grandma
When the angels come for me
Or when the trumpet is blown
And even the sea full of raindrops
Shall give up its dead
That old Mother Earth
Wrinkled and nearly blind
When that day comes
Souls and spirits will be purified
So says the Lord
My mother taught me to believe
In the better part of my heart
I have two pictures of my grandma in my mind
I think about my Father’s mother
And how maybe she saw me smile
Remembering that ancient Black woman,
The Queen of the Nile
I can see you in my mother’s eyes
A month, a day, a year
To remember every second of this life
That I, the son, the man, the father
Love you
