A Poem
By Abuoya Eruot
prepubescent hours of yesternight,
the sea & her brethren—rivers, creeks &
every offspring of the ocean—
made a secret voyage to the heavens.
today, they are cascading
to their respective homes in droplets.
since dawn, lightning’s stretched
out its limbs/ across the heart of the sky,
like spider’s web. you’re taken out of your body
by fear, for a short ride/ to nowhere.
solitude took you as its own & you shivered
& you & your thoughts moved,
behind some four corners filled
with thick darkness, painted with chill & frost.
