still photo in a room with Adejoke
i was still bleeding. you dragged
my body out of water & blessed me.
i love you for it. you kissed me colors &
plastered my open wrist.
i saw you in a dream
where you dragged me out of fire but
i woke tired of being a victim.
i plucked a flower off my wrist
& give it to my grandmother’s ghost.… Read the rest