IN MY HEART
(For Aba)
MORNING SONG:
My heart is closest to you
in this dark hour
of morning
My heart remembers
pulling threads of memory
through shadows
Until I think I see you
curled under soft quilt
dreaming of me and God*
EVENING SONG:
My heart is closest to you
in this bright hour
of evening
My heart remembers
pulling streamers of laughter
through sorrows
Until I know I see you
whirled above hard silt
entwining me with God *
Kwame Dawes & Gwyneth Dawes
EDITOR’S NOTE
Archived from Nigeria Magazine, 1 January 1987.