Drisana Deborah Jack

my country has no rivers
yet i understand
the pull of the sea
the need for landlocked water
to make its singular way to shore
the collision of
reluctant arrival
with resolute departure
the need for solace

the need for interruption

of/and the space in-between

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Jack, Drisana Deborah. Skin. House of Nehesi Publishers, 2006.