Sihle Ntuli

Mozambique

                  from the port of maputo
a current drifting in
                 & with it comes
a gathering of waves
                & the warm waters of the indian ocean

                 while breathing in
the agulhas current
                 a pressure placed on bones
the natal pulse clenching 

                until a sudden realisation
that you have been holding
                 on for far too long
& on the verge
               of burrowing too deep
on the inside
              of a beachside reflection

               the gusts of winds are blowing
for all moments you have survived
                for moments still to come
the ones we do not yet know

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Sihle Ntuli is originally from Durban, South Africa. He has had poetry published in The Rumpus, SAND Journal & Transition Magazine amongst others. He is the author of the chapbook Rumblin (uHlanga 2020).