She died the day she became a mother
married her friend who was also a lover
they said she wouldn't live another day
shocked I was when she just passed away.
Forced to give up her dreams as a youth
she lived each day with honor and truth
becoming a mother the day she had died
her man broke down as he finally cried.
She was my friend & someone I knew
when she passed away, I was hurting too
she died a mother the day she gave birth
being a wife & a mother gave her a worth.
A lovely lady who was loving & sweet
she died giving birth to a baby she'd meet
her husband was there when she had left
I broke down and cried and finally wept.




© Josiah Bhola Hillaire