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).