Queen Mother

Mother
Oh! Mother
My pate
Cradled in your bosom
My faith
My fate blossomed

Mother
To you this writ
A laurel, a wreath
A shrew, you fought the odds
You're true, bridged the fjords
So angelic, on wings you rode
Your life, lived and given, an ode

Mother
Oh! Mother
So kind
You are
Queen of mankind 

By Julius Odunusi