AMINA AKINOLA
Solemnity
i begin this poem
with inks of faded colors.
staring at the heap of broken images
falsely hanged in galleries of martyr
i pull their names,
in the darkest ways that refuses to fade away.
their fragmentation parading in my brain.
in this poem,
i ascend the descending fate of greens,
burnt and framed by multicolored fires. leaning and gasping for more than air
until they prolonged into candle-flames.
may your pieces find peace!
this is my best offering for your shatterings.
justice is a mission barely accomplished,
in a country where equality breathe
only in the voluminous case of soft and hard currencies, hierarchy of status.
Amina Akinola, Frontiers VIII, is a creative writer from Lagos Nigeria. She’s a twenty three years old graduate of community health from the prestigious college of health in Lagos, works at Jalupon Specialist Hospital bode Thomas Surulere. She’s an advocate for mental health and a girl child activist whose aim is to become a medical doctor. Her works are up or forthcoming in The Shallow Tales Review, Kalahari Review, Eremite Poetry, Fiction Niche, Brittle Paper, IceFloe, Ngiga Review, Spillword Magazine, Woven Poetry, Shamsrumi, Lumiere, Poetry column NND and others. Her poem was shortlisted for the arise Africa Anthology contests 2020. Tweet @Akinola51