<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=571862" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>She-Once-Was My Mother</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've never forgotten<br>My mother's braveness<br>She, who stood unbroken like a rainbow<br>Of a multitude beautiful colours...<br>She- once- was my mother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And all her courage-<br>Uncomparable with<br>Any living thing...<br>She-once- was my mother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those moments of terror, <br>Those places where no<br>Crickets, snakes, and birds'sounds<br>Could be heard, <br>She navigated through<br>Without a cheerful shadow<br>Ah! She- once- was my mother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And despite the rumbling bombs<br>And rockets'songs, <br>She wouldn't fling her full-topped cases<br>On the sorghum-filled walking way<br>As my father had done<br>When he left her behind<br>Can't you see! <br>She- once- was my mother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the continuous calls<br>Of the word 'maman', <br>Of my baby brother- behind her back, <br>Couldn't supress her<br>She was still not easilly broken like an egg<br>Hard like canadian rocky mountains...<br>She- once- was my mother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even as the calls kept on, <br>A suitable place, she would fetch<br>To make him suck her breasts<br>And continue her way-afterwards<br>How tenacious! <br>She- once-was my mother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And later, when I and siblings saw her, <br>Down, the joy knocked my heart<br>And said, 'yes girl-she once had been your mother'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mariechantal+Tuyisabe">Mariechantal Tuyisabe</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=571862" data-title="She-Once-Was My Mother de Mariechantal Tuyisabe" data-description="I've never forgotten My mother's braveness She, who stood unbroken like a rainbow Of a multitude beautiful colours... She- once- was my mother And all her courage- Uncomparable with Any living thing... She-once- was my mother Those moments of te..."></div> </div> </div>

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