When

A small ode to presence

When — a poem by Pemba Umoja

When

Know not where

Know not why

Know not how

or what

I know nothing of these

but when

I hold

so near

but when

I breathe

in and out

but when

pulses like waves

through my veins

but when

the sweetest

of moments

but when

in a world

that waits for none

to know nothing else

but when

and for that when

to be

now.

A poem by Pemba Umoja