Pregnancy: Not A Death Sentence!
Oh Mothers! You nurture us for months in wombs
You are our sources of food and drinks
Foetus we live on you still after birth
Took pains carrying us for 9 months
Tiredness, emotional reactions unusual 24/7
Physically uncomfortable as long take us
Mothers! The exceptional I applaud!
Thousands of you died annually
From preventable deaths, the crime against humankind
In the cities many died so soon
In villages pregnant Mothers unreportedly passed away by day
Simply by not putting achievable available!
Majority died for ignorance of causes
Bad roads and poor health services counted huge
Unreal and politicization of data defy dreams
System corruptions and deceiving voters
Commitment, accountability and transparency buried
Dispute reducing maternal deaths
More Mamas died to lack of services access
Extra more are dying due to treatable pregnancy complications
Maternal mortality in our home is man made!
While other countries recording 1/100,000 live birth
My home under recording 1000/100,000 live birth as dead vs alive of mothers
Pregnancy must not be a death sentence!
It is privilege, prestige and happiness
Rejoices with singing and dancing
Saving mothers from untimely death is compulsory
Know the danger signs and plans to help
Individuals, communities, fundamentally government must lead
Maternal deaths must be stopped!
Everyone have a part to stop humanity crime
Inaction to commitments I call Moms got on strike for Dads!
“This poem is dedicated to all women who lost their lives during pregnancy, child birth or pregnancy related problems†M. A. Sufi
Written and Presented
By
Musa Abdullahi Sufi
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