unsung tales of yoke unbroken
mosaics of the many unlived hung undone
the newborn scion betrothed to
the meanders of flexile gods
as ritual or phantom—I do not know which
yet, we dip the newborn in the bewitching lakes
as early riser or insomniac—I do not remember which
yet, the forlorn sky gazer remains shackled
to the memory of graceless kisses
or the lone carving on the obeche
or the single floating frangipani on a black lake
in a forgotten quarry filled with rains of yesterday
let the swimmer fare well
let the poet fare thee well
let the gods fare the ill well
this foundation will not hold
Diana Nnaemeka is an Igbo writer from Nigeria, a free spirit and a lover of worlds in bits. Her works are published and/or forthcoming in The Walled City Journal, Agbowó Magazine and Prismatica Magazine. She writes from Enugu. Twitter (@queerling__)
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