MOTHERLESS

MOTHERLESS 

by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Day after day night after night

Time passes away but I can’t find

A way to forget you mom

You produced me, breast fed me,

You showed me a mother’s love to a child

Oh am motherless mother less

When the winds of the nights are so cold

Even in the dark, your absence lights up

I look up in the sky hoping to see you

But I can’t I only see the stars moving

And I do believe that in those stars

One represents you my dear

Oh am motherless

Have you ever felt so alone and nothing?

Makes sense that’s how I feel right now

I feel like I’m facing everything on my own

With nothing but tears and a fake smile

Oh am motherless

I close my eyes so I can sleep

But your smiling face comes back to me

I put my hands in the air to hold you

But I find my self alone

Oh no am motherless

WHEN AM DEAD AND GONE

When am dead and gone 

By ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

It’s dawn and the sky is brown

The whole land is cold

Announcements over the media

I’ve kicked the bucket

Will you weep and grieve?

When am dead and gone?

Sit and recall all our sweet memories

Remember the glances we shared

Stories we exchanged every  twilight

On our way home so sweet

Celebrate my life with a smile

When am dead and gone.

Sing precious lord take my hand

As you lay my bones back to soil

With a wreath of white roses

I’ll still love you because I know you do too

And hope these words will help you through

When am dead and gone