AN EULOGY FOR MY MOTHER
Fact: In 2019, the UN reported that up to one million species were facing the risk of extinction and one of the factors impacting the ecosystem negatively was human activity.
Here lies the soul of my mother,
A woman I loved and cherished
Birthed and nursed me with
The most delightful fruits;
The erotic tangy orange
That tickled my taste buds and
Left them hankering for more
And blissful siblings;
The hummingbird,
That sung the most melodious songs,
The elegant giraffe
That walked our garden with such
Poise and beauty with our neighbor,
The peahen
Oh how could I forget;
The cunniest of them all,
My little brother the hyena,
That giggled and cackled all day long,
And it was all so perfect…
Here lies the soul of my mother,
Whom I was supposed to love and care for,
But what did I do…?
Fed you all kinds of toxins like its milk and honey!
Chopped down all the beautiful mahoganies and sycamores,
All for the love of money
Here lies the soul of my mother,
Night after night brought her grief,
Not a day went by without her burying
And mourning her children;
From the white rhino, to my big bitches
The elephant that is almost no more,
My mother is tired!
As my mother lay on her death bed
gasping for air
facing the consequences of her child’s ludicrous actions.
She turns over to me and whispers in my ear
a cry she’s made for what’s been decades,
a plea for help….
She passed away
I sit down and reminisce about all what was …
Trying to process what has just happened;
My mother, DEAD! My siblings EXTINCT!
All the magnificent oceans and mahoganies,
DRIED UP AND BURNED TO ASHES!
And me, sick and breathing my last breath,
wondering which kind of child who
‘Truly loved her mother’ would do such a thing!
But now it’s too late and it’s time for me to
face the consequences of my actions.
A guilty human child
Cennah Scepter
