SYMPHONY OF HUNGER

jerry KWATCHEY
@kwatcheyjerry128608
23 days ago

#poetry
THE SYMPHONY OF HUNGER

By SIMU

In the quiet corridors of my belly,
a rebellion begins —
soft at first, like whispers under moonlight,
then rising,
a full orchestra of need.

The pangs strike their drums with perfect timing,
burning in symphony —
a medley of ache and anticipation,
a melody only hunger can compose.

My bowels hum in basso profundo,
a duet with memory —
of steaming stews, of laughter round bowls,
of spoons clinking like tambourines of survival.

The kitchen becomes cathedral,
and every grain a gospel note.
Garri waits in holy patience,
ready to baptize me in sweetness and salvation.

I laugh, weak but alive,
for in this harmony of want and wonder,
I hear the oldest music known to man —
the song of survival,
played on the strings of an empty stomach,
conducted by creation itself.

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