Moirai | Sarah Adeyemo

(cover photograph direction: Ene Ochayi)

Tonight, I moisturise my ankles with tenderness

& crawl into my past through the mouth of memories.

An ocean of tears is not hyperbole when I behold how

fate has peeled me like a tangerine into the palms of life.

I sit my past down like a doll, asking why those days were

as promising as the light of a sun. I am moulded with 60%

of water & 40% of fire; there are days when I feel like drowning

into belly of agonies & there are days when life touches me,

I emit flames. When the atmosphere is tense with silence, I tug my

unanswered questions into the pocket of burden. I pacify myself,

saying, who am I to question Moirai? In trembling ankles, I crawl back

with head echoing the whispers of Moirai, I am the shadow of life.

Sarah Adeyemo

is a Nigerian poet, writer, spoken word artist and communication expert. She draws inspiration from solitude and experiences. She emerged the runner up in 2023 PROFWIC Poetry Contest and also the winner of FUOYE Creatives (spoken word category) 2023. She is a fellow of the SprinNG Writing Fellowship. Her works have appeared and forthcoming at The Muse Journal, The Shallow Tales Review, Eboquills, Northern Writers Forum Journal, Rinna Lit. Anthologies, and elsewhere. She tweets @Sarah2Adeyemo.