AJIKÉ KENDRICK ASEGUN | "ANCESTRAL"

Somehow she grew stronger

each time she heard of another someone’s passing

A master of invisible things she knew

how to fold herself into disappearance

and come out on the other side as solid flesh

But she couldn’t yet figure out how to keep all her people

alive in one place at the same time

without them popping in and out of realities

Slipping between realms reincarnating

more frequently than ever before

Was it some celestial restlessness going on A

ll she wanted was one full lifetime

A whole conversation with all her loved ones

seated being still not having to split her mealtimes

between those eating in the groves at the base of trees

and those sitting around the table laughing