Máyọ̀wá
Poets Unlimited
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1 min readMay 15, 2018

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I collect songs for moments like this: a happy rapture
and this: the longing of all my life
and these: sudden joy and sudden despair
I collect songs for her: my tender heart. I call her Myth.
and her younger sister: The Mind
and the eldest: my soul
Songs with words, songs without
Songs with no melody, no harmony, no sound
The Wind: My favorite

I collect The Wind; He helps me to live on

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Máyọ̀wá
Poets Unlimited

Nigerian-American. Wishes she could speak her mother tongue like her mother's tongue. Regaining my kàlore after living a mostly invisible life.