run a needle across these lips right a story on this land sin a tale
ballads of a crumbling mind
thrush
push
hush
cry
time is a dagger’s smile and your body is a disunity of scattered screams that each tooth weaves together when you drop
there somewhere in the whispering cold air your voice grinds a feeble note
light
but your windows are mirrors and like marries like in the osmosis of things
wrap your fingers around the emptiness long enough and you learn how to thread ropes from nothing
for every falling is still a chapter in the scoring of living and you might learn something out of it
Edoziem Miracle is a Nigerian writer with a degree in English and Literary Studies from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. His works have appeared in the 2020 Afritondo Anthology, the 2021 Toyin Falola Anthology, the Muse, and elsewhere. When he’s not writing literature, he works as a content/ghostwriter. You can find other works on www.themiracleedoziem.com.
