Letter From My Motherland

From the first day you were born to me

The warmth of my heart

And the soft rocking of my arms

Have been able to reproduce

Your smile and your twittering

To date, this happy event

Mesmerises my heart with wonder.

Among the debris of forgotten memories

Can you retrieve the souvenirs

Where did I support your first steps?

Despite your childish faults

Your spelling errors and mispronunciations

I have always encouraged you to surpass yourself;

To focus on your forwards, while maturing.

Until the day you slam your mother's door

With contempt and discontent;

Bubbling all bitterness and animosity

You swear to sever all ties with your island.

Although you find it a pleasure to humiliate me

In front of your new friends

The love that I am emitting

Has not taken his last breath.

Daily I stand

In front of the gates of my borders;

I wait for you with faith, trusting in my motherly instincts

The four colors of My flag desire

That you hoist them as high as possible

And greet her singing the national anthem with pride

Because you stay for me

This being that I cherish and in whom resides

All my dignity

Your motherland

Your Mauritius Island

Xoxo

Morax.