“All she wanted was
to find a place to stretch her bones .
A place to lengthen her smiles
and spread her hair .
A place where her legs could walk
without cutting and bruising .
A place unchained .
She was born out of ocean breath.
I reminded her;
‘Stop pouring so much of yourself
into hearts that have no room for themselves.
Do not thin yourself .
Be vast .
You do not bring the ocean to a river’”
-Tapiwa Mugabe
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