Skylight(S) Poem by Salihu Muhammad Ebba

—after Abdulrazaq Salihu

Nhana said a woman that can bill me
invoice his emotions, item by item.
lost on stuck words after i came and meet her gone

I swear, i merit what she meant
For i numb feelings in a gap tooth behind a mask—
each time I wanted to talk with woman(s) .
Fleeting thoughts of connection soon would crash.

i swear, heart emotions support NO feelings
Even Mrs. Legend— ever since she left a mark
on my palm on the arms of nightmares—
because she wants me to fight for light alone.
Sorry, No, Edin one. Still alone.

Perhaps, it's because she focus searching for Eden light(s) in sky,
sky of lights, light between each gap of sky, skylight —
It's just that she want to fly to sky full of lights alone
For my words are territory of nightmares.
and this poem was nostril after skylight.
& See lights running behind the veins of this poem.

It's because i too want to fall into that sky with light; Skylight(s)
if she found it. so that we set our stories on the lips of God. skylight(s) —

it was why merit what nhana meant
the beauty in how the sky sketches light on it lung
with womb of flowers.