Hymn to Mother

Mother, you have been a memory for so long. 
Mother, I have something in my heart that I need to express. 
The reason I feel like this is you 
Mother, I miss you so! 
I am still your beloved, right here. 
Mother, now that we are here I miss the way you used to look at me. 
Mother, I miss you so! 
Mother, I will break down the doors of this prison and escape so that I can rest my head on your lap. 
Mother, you told me to be a good person, even if it meant sacrificing my life for it. 
Mother, I miss you so! 
Mother, I can’t stop crying, and I have no one to encourage me and make me happy. 
Mother, everyone has someone to love, but I only have you. 
Mother, I miss you so! 
Mother, every parting between a child and its mother is tough. 
Mother, unlucky are those outside their mother’s paradise. 
I wonder how they will be able to find it. 
Mother, I miss you so! 
Mother I am so sad without you. 
You are my life, my every breath. 
I don’t want to live without you even for one moment. 
Mother, life doesn’t exist without you, it is just a word. 
Mother, I miss you so! 
Mother, I so loved those days when I played and slept in your lap. That was my world. Life is hard because it took me away from my personal paradise.
Mother, you were right about other people, how they envy the happiness of others. Now they want to take away my paradise. 
Mother, I am praying. 
May God bless you and keep you healthy.

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This article was originally published in the seventh issue of ‘Migratory Birds’. The seventh issue of ‘Migratory Birds’ was produced by the Network for Children’s Rights, and supported by UNICEF with funding by the European Commission — Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations. This edition was further supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung– Office in Greece, funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation, and published in Greece’s Efsyn newspaper on March 31, 2018.