Water
Water: I swim, I float, I sink, I drink, I sweat, I bathe, I pee, I cry.
Water: I watch the troubled tides and ferocious waves, I watch.
Water: I watch it rain, cat and dog. I watch it rain on cats and dogs.
Water: I swim in my mother’s belly for 9 months.
Water: I sink in my mother’s belly for 9 months.
Water: I float in my mother’s belly for 9 months.
Water: water breaks, like a mirror. My mother’s water breaks after 9 months, and I drown in oxygen.
Water: my mother’s water shatters like glass on the floor, a notification.
Water: water breaks and I am born.
Water: I drown, I sink, I swim, I break in water and I am reborn, baptism.
Water: I drink and I choke, I drink and I am satisfied, I drink and I choke.
Water: oxygen, molecules of water floating in the air.
Water: I float, in oxygen…
Water: I watch the troubled tides and ferocious waves, I watch.
Water: I watch it rain, cat and dog. I watch it rain on cats and dogs.
Water: I swim in my mother’s belly for 9 months.
Water: I sink in my mother’s belly for 9 months.
Water: I float in my mother’s belly for 9 months.
Water: water breaks, like a mirror. My mother’s water breaks after 9 months, and I drown in oxygen.
Water: my mother’s water shatters like glass on the floor, a notification.
Water: water breaks and I am born.
Water: I drown, I sink, I swim, I break in water and I am reborn, baptism.
Water: I drink and I choke, I drink and I am satisfied, I drink and I choke.
Water: oxygen, molecules of water floating in the air.
Water: I float, in oxygen…
…this love thing
…this love thing is the craziest
It starts its motion like a gentle evening breeze,
Causes a little turbulence like the waves at the seashore
Moves like a whirlwind
But operates like a flowing river
It has ups and downs like a bouncing tennis ball
Throws you in every direction like a billiard ball
Corners you to a point like holes in a golf course
Holds you to itself, with so much intensity as American football
It cracks you open
And whisks you around
Like a chef (does to) an egg
It erodes you
Consumes you
Overpowers you
Leaves you lying helpless
Begging for more…
It starts its motion like a gentle evening breeze,
Causes a little turbulence like the waves at the seashore
Moves like a whirlwind
But operates like a flowing river
It has ups and downs like a bouncing tennis ball
Throws you in every direction like a billiard ball
Corners you to a point like holes in a golf course
Holds you to itself, with so much intensity as American football
It cracks you open
And whisks you around
Like a chef (does to) an egg
It erodes you
Consumes you
Overpowers you
Leaves you lying helpless
Begging for more…
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BIO:
Victoria Boluwatife Ajose is a writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. A graduate of Babcock University with a Bachelor’s degree in counselling Psychology. She is the author of a poetry Chapbook named Background Music, published in 2020. She is a writer in an association called The Quill Babcock. She is also a fashion stylist, designer and illustrator. She is a spoken word poet and a lover of music.
Victoria Boluwatife Ajose is a writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. A graduate of Babcock University with a Bachelor’s degree in counselling Psychology. She is the author of a poetry Chapbook named Background Music, published in 2020. She is a writer in an association called The Quill Babcock. She is also a fashion stylist, designer and illustrator. She is a spoken word poet and a lover of music.
