Renaissance
my body, is a shrine, invaded by angels
enough to be called light—cleansing
morph me into a new skin, that I may
wear this light like a dove does to a feather.
to die, is to begin to live, that is to say—
exiling darkness is another way to rebirth death.
that this darkness exile my body, i cleanse.
this way, I body grief like water, say grief too can be
luminescent if written into a fold of hope.
Tajudeen Muadh is a poet from Osun State, Nigeria. He has works featured or forthcoming in magazines and journals such as Kalahari Review, African Poetry Magazine, Brittle Paper, Meniscus Journal, Bam Quarterly and elsewhere.
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