Talk Mother

If you would listen mother
I would retell those tales
You told me about the tortoise
Falls from the sky
Only to have his back broken
Not dead!

If you would care to listen mother
I would love to recount that myth
About Ekùn given birth to a cub;
Bringing sun and rain simultaneously
Little wonder they are little extinct
Since I see little of the marriage
Between the sun and rain lately

Mother if you would just listen
I would love to tell you that the lizard's
Constant nodding of the head
Is not for self accolades or blood sucking
but genetic make up as it were

Mother if you would just listen from
Your self containment that I refuse to call grave
I would love to listen now without
Questioning the logic behind all those Tales

Mother just one last time with my fingers holding my lips
I would just listen and sleep
between your hips

©Melson