how to reap what you did not sow

(title inspired by Ras Mengesha)

sleep on your right side

your body remembers 

each death sentence 

left on the side 

of your previous lives. 

refuse to wear one face

when your mask fails to hold 

wash your face with water 

it will remember 

what the rage of the sea is,

a terrible thing. 

everytime your life tries

to grow a conscience 

remind it, the only reason 

it festers on

is because of your god

who feels nothing in its chest 

you can never forget 

everything including your breath, 

is made up.