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Out of Ika's Mind · Mar 6, 2025

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Ika Wright · Out of Ika's Mind

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I've slept on bamboo, on hardwood,
on tiles, on a concrete floor.
I've slept on the sand
on the open shore
I've watched waves touch my feet
snatching my slippers towards sea.
I've watched giant crabs come dawn
crawl from my uncovered dirt ground
I've danced and sang
under the warm summer rain;
the little raindrops tapping
their rhythm on my skin.
I've been kept awake by mistakes
only to find myself awake once again, forgetting all the thoughts
that had kept me at bay.
Time was slow in my younger years,
but it kept pace and caught up,
and now I can barely see its back
swiftly past me as I catch my breath.
It's memories like this,
I am sure,
that will keep me haunting
until the memories slowly fade away. 

Authors note:

Memories are interesting aren't they? They bring out a haunting feeling of wanting, of longing, of reliving the happiness, of wanting to forget the pain.

And sometimes they come to me in a rhythm that makes me ask, why that way? I'll never know, but I like writing them out of my head.

Read the original on ikawrites.substack.com

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