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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

To the Child | by Ayo Akinduro



To the child

Who met death

On the path to life,

I love you


To the child

Who found life

Yet found no love,

I love you
 

To the child
 
Who found life

And found love too,

I love you


To the child

Who knows no love

But gives bread to a stranger,

I love you


To the child

Who labours from dawn till dusk

To feed his world,

I love you


To the child

Whose soul is seared

And body scarred with the rod,

I love you


To the child 

Who cries herself to sleep

On the hem of defilement,

I love you


To the child

Who sings in the alley

Because he has everything,

I love you


To the child

Who can bear it no more

And prays to God her soul to take,

I love you


To the child

Who is thrown like a burden

From a foster shed to another,
 
I love you


To the child

Whose clothes are rags

And yet knows happiness,

I love you 


To the child

Who is dressed in fine purple and linen

And knows no happiness,

I love you


To the child

Born or unborn,

Happy or sad,

I love you


To my unborn children

I pray to God for the grace

To be the best motherbecause

I love you.



Ayo Akinduro is a poet, writer and columnist. Mass Communication student at Babcock University and a lover of kids and music; she believes that life, like roses, comes with thorns and loves to depict this through her writings. 

Photo credit: pinterest.com

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