Baby Daddy

Author

Mihlali Shaun Ntshangana

Publisher

FunDza Literacy Trust

Language

English

Licence

Length

Short

Topics

Baby Daddy

She said that it’s his son
And he said not at all
Cursed, was the
day he saw the sun

He has once again
forgotten all about her
Not to mention her son
She had to wear his boots
Fight, fend, find food for her only child
tell him about his whereabouts
What his family was about
While he longed to know his roots.

Talking about him killed her
Her death would be for her child.
No hate could touch a mother’s astonishing love for a son
Who was easily denied.

Neither hate nor hunger could,
Only the absence of a father
Could horrendously lead
A child to its deathbed.
All she could ever tell him were
tales of a prodigal father.

Dad!
Cried her child
Before
Death

A baby-daddy has
killed her son.

A Paper Without Emotions

5 Responses

I agree with u shaun ntshangana

zakanne · 4 years ago

This poem reflects on the struggles of being a single mother. The roles that single mother's have to play,trying very hard to fill the empty shoes of absent fathers . The scars and woes that babby father's unknowingly leave behind when they dissappear. How single mothers struggle hard to provide food,shelter and security to their children.The pain,suffering and misery a single mother has to go through,explaining the absence of a father to her only son,who will soon be no more. It also reflects the scars that babby fathers leave on their children. Especially male children, who have to grow up without father figures and without being taught the true definition of being a men and end up being screwed adults in the future. They grow up resenting their fathers and with with hate in their hearts.They cary these scars throughout their lives and it transforms into anger,sadness, depression and creates monsters within our children.Taking away their innocence,livelihood and freedom as children, as they grow up seeing their mother's struggle to the extreme, while their father's have the power to help them, but do not. This makes it easy for them to have the ability to murder,assault, abuse and tear every piece of flourishness apart,because they grew up to these gruesome emotions and feelings. This also contribute to the huge amount of abusers being male and the high peak of gender based violence that we struggle with today. So basically the theme of this poem is to raise awareness to fathers about their choices and actions.

shaun ntshangana · 4 years ago

Aybooo konje ubabyDaddy kuyenzeka Yini kuthi Kube umuntu wesimamame kwathi Her interested of Him or yimi obhedayo xhophekile

Thalente Nzama · 4 years ago

Mmmh

Queen Cinder · 4 years ago

Mara why me

slierh · 4 years ago

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