the floor still wet
with mourning…
oh Abiku —
with pain & suffering
death returns her again




weeding
holy the field
ardor in every breath
delivers
deliverance




sunlight —
her eyes piercing 
through …
underwater 
swim




winter's
a true relief
from heat
while birds overwinter
in the tropics




yawning —
idle on the bed's edge
to and fro of army ant
contemplating 
what to do


Christina Chin / Uchechukwu Onyedikam