Grief Unbelonging

Grief unbelonging to me keeps my eyes open tonight
Paints the air something surreal
Whispers the word remember
And I do

I remember
Something serial
In the elbow-crook of her smile
Sugared futures promising lifetimes of a mother's love
Her voice tickles my ear-drums
And air drums against my skull

The pressure is deafening
I mourn the loss rather than the life
I mourn what could have been

People die everyday they tell me
Hearts slow to the pace of a dripping tap and then nothing at all



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Writer(s): Feyisayo Aluko
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