MORNING SONG
(For Aba)
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*
EDITOR’S NOTE
Source: ArchiviNG (Nigeria Magazine, 1 January 1987). The source lists Kwame Dawes and Gwyneth Dawes without assigning individual authorship; this archival presentation retains that record.