F.H. Salahud-Din
Ascension: 5th Anniversary Edition
Ascension: 5th Anniversary Edition
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F.H. Salahud-Din's groundbreaking debut poetry collection, Ascension, fuses hip hop, womanism, race, love, and healing into introspective and triumphant verse. To mark the 5th anniversary of this celebrated work, a second edition has been released with an exclusive selection of new poems.
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I am the mothership to five babies
two are here with me
and the other three
are at the gates of the next life waiting
every day they offer prostration for my soul
Jallah III
Baby Koiyan and
Baby Cole
I say their names daily
because I don’t have the privilege of watching them grow old
and I can still feel the sadness
of their deaths in my bones
so I smudge my womb with their memories
every tear I cry for them is libation
and a reminder to stay patient
with my heart
because none of this is my fault
and even in knowing that their memories haunt me
I did not want to write this
but I knew I had to
because no one speaks for the mothers of dead babies
nobody acknowledges our pain
we have to live in the shadows
we carry so much guilt
we carry so much shame
but not today
today we stand in the light.
– Motherhood
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