Maybe God Is A Black Woman
And as a child
I descend to a world who prays for magical powers
They riddle their tongues intentional in their wishes,
soft in their curses, in their hums, and through white smog they blow
Into snapping sparks that grant them true
And women who dress desire of self-pleasure
Dance in pockets and circus
To drums that loop and against the Zarr beats, silhouettes of swans paint waves.
On a night sky already half filled with ululations summoning spirits from worlds
Who in ascension
Here
Loliya Al Habasheya extends her feathers sensually swaying all her problems adrift
Here,
Balali lips her cigarette to light
and blows the smoke carrying laughter home to the ears of sweet lovers
Here, here
and here khawajja
Here they slough a life unfit
a sword pierces one of the swans blinding my eyes shut with redness,
in frown my eyebrows tend and in the silence of that power
After spelling five almost four times
I spy rejoiced faces
Here,
there are no wounds and gore can f*ck off frankly
They bathe in perfume and rope euphoria for curtain
Here, women are fearless
Then there were evils who contrived dark energies
There was no intercession, not a line between them and God
that feed on fears, poverty and greed
They stomped on their graves of misfortune
For a people that would frequent them at dusk, and just before dawn
On Wednesdays and Sundays, for Forty days
To separate husband and wife, To curse man and woman, To bide and tie them
And so, as a child
Sublime filial duties dictated protection from all evil
Treasure hunt retrievals of runes covered in dust
Behind larger than life cupboards
And latched in the crevices between their fingers
She would rinse it with the Nile and whisper to me
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا – nothing will befall us except that which is destined
Put your trust in Allah
Logain is an educator, writer and poet. She believes in the impactful power of words and loves how poetry springs worlds to explore. Logain finds solace in poetic expression through which she relays issues of gender, politics and identity. She is honoured to share her work with you, even more so through her favourite literary platforms. You can find her on IG @lujainofalltrades.