Sow As You Shall Reap

You abandoned me

When I was three

To fulfill your dreams

Of pursuing your career

On the silver screen

Wanting to be free

Of motherhood responsibilities

Not having the decency 

To share how you begot me

You were not there

To comfort me when

I saw my bloodstained panty

And thought life was ending

You were not there when

I was sick with typhoid 

Mumps and measles, nor

Put ice packs on my forehead 

When fever rose, blurred my vision

You were not there 

To share my happiness

When I aced the board exams

Or when I received that

Letter of scholarship from

Carnegie Mellon University 

To do my Ph.D.. In Life Sciences

It's your bad you never 

Took time out to see your grandchild

All I received from you

Were hurriedly written

Congratulatory letters

Giving instructions to Nanna

To take me to the doctors

Every time I fell ill, had a fever

I grew up without you mother

I grew up alone, left home, 

Fell in love, got married and

Now have a child of my own

And now when you have aged

Lost your fans, your screen presence

Being taken care of by nurses

You want me to stand by your bed

Hold your hands till your last breath 

Leaving my three years old 

To grow alone; fend for herself; 

Sorry Mom please do take note

I'll not do to her, what I suffered