Shake

When the ink runs dry

Shake — a poem by Pemba Umoja

My pen

is about to run dry

but my poem

still speaks

So many

I've just whispered

to the wind

hoping

the heavens might…

shake,

shake

There's a bit more ink

but the poem

is escaping

my grasp

shake,

shake

shake

shake

shake…

I guess the lesson

is to have two pens

A poem by Pemba Umoja