Ocean Breath

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All she wanted
was to find a place to stretch her bones
A place to lengthen her smiles
and spread her hair
A place where her legs could walk
without cutting and bruising
A place unchained
She was born out of ocean breath.
I reminded her;
‘Stop pouring so much of yourself
into the hearts that have no room for themselves.’
Do not thin yourself
Be vast
You do not bring the ocean to a river.

Tapiwa Mugabe, You Are Oceanic