(cover photograph direction: Tobi Amida)
Four Decades On
Distant whirr swoop into my mouth and sits in my ears.
It is midnight and the dark won’t stay dark, as glimmers
of thundersnow sifts the room until it wears a uniform
as I am speaking to my uncle like we are holding hands.
It is four decades and his faith in me ascend in steps.
Maybe you are made for this moment. Born for this time.
He has a calm voice, and I devolve with ease into chaos.
Jumoke
is an award-winning author of five books. She teaches in the Department of English at Toronto Metropolitan University.