MUM

I have grown up with two men,
A hardworking woman,
And a faithfully unfaithful Dad.

My mama started living with me when I was five,
He chased my Dad away,
After hosting his unemployment for two years.

My mama bought a land in Busia,
Brought my lazy unfaithful Dad back,
Gave him cattle and materials to build.

He couldn’t stay still,
He later died of viral infections,
He was buried in my Mother’s Land.

His clan elders and parents held a meeting that night,
Sold all the cattle in the morning,
And chased us away by dusk.

I was born with two men,
But one was a two in one,
I had my parents in her.

She dropped from the skies,
Started again from scratch and built,
I believe in her and cannot in anyway match her strengths.

I love you mum.