Born Of Woman
11 February 2020
I dedicate this poem to my wife Julieth and son Boaz. Boaz came into this life on 28 August 2019 through Caesarean section at Boram Hospital, Wewak
I am born of woman
Who I call my mother
My first life lived in her
Before I became man
I am made in woman
Who first feels my flutter
And sleeps with her fear
When I am not yet man
I am part of woman
Being born of my mother
She nurtured me from matter
And from child to become man
I am blood of woman
Her womb where I know her
Joy and pain embrace her
When she sees her man
She is my first woman
Her love pours within her
Her strength is my character
From her I become man
Thank you Fr Garry, Philip and William for your comments, much appreciated. I've decided to do a Tok Pisin version of this simple poem. Hope you like this, cheers!
BON LONG MERI
Mi em bon long meri
Em mi kolim mama
Mi stap pas wantaim em
Bifo mi kamap man
Mi kamap long meri
Husait filim pas mi
Na silip stap poret
Taim mi i no man yet
Mi stap wantaim meri
Bon long mama blong mi
Em bin lukautim mi
Mangi yet inap man
Mi em blut blong meri
Long bel yet mi save
Hamamas pen blong em
Taim em lukim mi man
Em yet meri blong mi
Em laikim mi insait
Strong blong em mi kamap
Long em mi kamap man
Posted by: Raymond Sigimet | 10 April 2020 at 10:40 AM
Fr Garry - A mother's love is indeed a blessing in itself.
Posted by: William Dunlop | 12 February 2020 at 12:16 AM
Thanks for a good poem. The beauty of our mothers who made us what we are now. They suffered silently but learned to be resilient all throughout life. Their sufferings brings joy and we are product of our mothers.
Posted by: Philip Kai Morre | 11 February 2020 at 09:20 PM
Raymond, thank you for a beautiful poem and the acknowledgment of what we men owe to mothers. Maybe we too often take it all for granted.
Posted by: Garry Roche | 11 February 2020 at 04:49 PM