Cursed

Ogwuche Bella, Nigeria

This soul stands
Six feet above a broken land
To admire the wandering bones and
Ignorant souls like me
Begging for it's body

I don't wish to call this place
A furnace
Because not every body here burns
I only wish to foment a poem
Beside this soul

As I watch mother ignite prayers on her tongue.

Ogwuche Bella is a Nigerian poet. She loves reading and writing poems. She is a teen writer and has gotten support from her mentor.