I teeter towards the blinding light
Tissue and muscle tear and cleave
To usher me out,
From this nursery within
An alien in foreign land
I shriek
Letting through gusts of bloody air
To pierce my unsullied lungs
Clothing this fragile self
In a pool of pain and uneasiness
My life begins, a stranger
Induced into a world of strangers
Passed through a series of gentle hands
Wiping off the entrails of my dark inexistent past
Vulnerable and afraid.
A creature, In searing agony
Holds this gathering of soft bones
As one would crystal glass
She inspires safety, I feel at home
She gazes down upon me
Hackneyed and teary
She whispers
“All is well”.
This poem was published in the 6th Issue of PoeticAfrica magazine.
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Read – Sedulous Love – Laika Tatah (Cameroon)
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