If you look to your left, there’s a soul
Huddling under the blanket of its Civil War-
Abandoned cramps of silence rolling
Side to side against the enemy’s floor.
If you look to your right, there’s a body
Shrinking in a dark-framed mirror with
Its virgin breath conjuring tricks- toothless;
Grinning, tripping over shells and the sea-bed.
The sea from afar is so inviting, with
Her unbearable radiance
Spreading like Death- everywhere. I rush
To gurgle her tides in my mouth,
But she swallows me- instead.
(I guess she likes me a lot to do so)
O’ silver of the sea! O’ agent of the sea!
She spat me out like debris in her throat.
If you look closely,
there is everything- the stamped soul,
the drowned body-
Thinning to nothingness and the pulse
of the sea rising
To the explosion of fury, glowing, though
Soundless but cold
Whispers at the end… Out of blackness
It’s just stunning
BIOGRAPHY:
Najeeb Yusuf Ubandiya is a young poet from Nigeria. He is a loner who writes to find out what he thinks and feels—about himself and the world around him—and to keep his purpose awake and breathing. His works have appeared in: Ngiga Review, Blue Marble Review and forthcoming in other literary magazines.
You could find him tweeting @najeeb___X
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