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I ask Mother Earth how to
grow an Eden in a desert. She says,
"Plant. Water. Nurture. Patience."
I travel to where the rainbow makes the sky its canvas.
I ask how to colour a cracked one.
It says, "with different colours, broken is beautiful."
I ask the universe how to mend a broken body,
It says to check the mirror and find peace in the shards.
Sofiat Omowumi Ramon is a story writer and a poet. Her works have appeared in the Kalahari Review, the Inksipired Anthology ‘How To Fall In Love’, Lion and Lilac, The Quills Journal and elsewhere. She is also the author of the chapbook Stars Don’t Cry. A lover of African fantasy fiction, she is currently studying for a master’s degree in literature at the University of Ibadan.
