#Lockdown: Walls from Ruins

WALLS FROM RUINS

Look up above the sky and see what caused
the cracks of what makes you shiver.
Look closely at the wind & see the breakage
that sets your soul free & with it you
come to know that when a clarion sings through
the air, the cruces of antelopes seem not to
be at rest & that when Rome is on fire, the
hair of a hermit becomes a home for demons,
but after the destruction, walls would certainly
be built from the ruins.

Bio: Nwaoha Chibuzor Anthony is a Nigerian poet who lives in Orlu, a sleepy city in the Eastern part of Nigeria.

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Sai Sabouke is a writer living in New Bussa, Nigeria. He’s a dervish who sees Sufism, history and language as formidable tools for society regeneration. His writing has appeared in Praxis Magazine Online and Agbowo. Sabouke loves beans, coffee and dreams of roasting the entrails of vultures.

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Sai Sabouke is a writer living in New Bussa, Nigeria. He’s a dervish who sees Sufism, history and language as formidable tools for society regeneration. His writing has appeared in Praxis Magazine Online and Agbowo. Sabouke loves beans, coffee and dreams of roasting the entrails of vultures.

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