Will You Be My Phone? – A Poem by Justin Nagundi, Uganda

I’ll wrap you in fine leather
And glue you to my fingers.

I’ll ditch food, friends, and water
Each time your face shines brighter.

We’ll travel my world together:
Bedroom, kitchen, and shower.

I promise to spend sleepless nights
So you can hum beside me.

I promise to panic every time
Your heart runs out of battery.

I will sleep to songs you play me;
I will laugh at the gifs you show me.

If ever you are drowning
I’ll bury you in rice to save thee.

I’ll drop all things once dear to me
at weddings, funerals, and meetings;

For all of me will cease to be
The moment you start singing.

Read – If You still have me on your Mind – A Poem by Brook Abebe, Ethiopia

This poem was published in the December 2021 Edition of the WSA Magazine