Zaynab Obabi

Zaynab Obabi 's Profile


Zaynab Obabi
Sunday 21 December 2025

Four minutes

So take me near the salted oceans 

             spare me sixty seconds

to wrench this thing from my throat 

                the taste of ocean on my tongue,

burning, like two lovers set on fire

                    Give me a minute 

let the water rinse 

what’s left in me.

                       Sixty soft exhales

salt clinging still to my chest

                           and a moment of silence

                all I needed to know was this:

                                It's hard 

yes

but

                                       you can do this.




0
5 Views

Trending Now


Most Rated Poems


Recently Joined


FPG Feeds



>