Photographer: Idara Ekpoh
Mothers Day By Fauve Shapri
I love how your intelligence drapes from your scalp
Sometimes it’s curled, sometimes it’s straight
Sometimes you wear it up in a luxurious state
My favorite is when you twirl and shake
I love your intelligence in every way
I love to see your strength in your sway
The manner in which you carry your weight
Is an inspiration I pray to see in my fate
Your tenacity is sculpted in your legs
In your muscles, in your bones, and in your veins
The miles endured can never fully be explained
But everything you do is done in beauty and in grace
You were entrusted with the ability to procreate
My existence, I promise you, is not in vain
Because of you I will always grow and chase the visions and dreams initiated in the safe
To whomever may sit in this place
Continue your reign, you’re forever there to stay
To her, I’d give my life and my soul
By her, I live to conquer the world
To all the mommies today, I say
I pray you have a Happy Mother’s Day
who I hoped to be.
who she is to me.
WHO I HOPED TO BE.
WHO SHE IS TO ME.
who I hoped to be.
who she is to me.
