tamarind & honey 

after days

of begging

to ceiling

and wall

praying

to deities,

ancestors

and billowing

clouds;

 

the dreams have stopped.

 

the bittersweet

spice scent

of tamarind

& honey

fills my house.

 

– Sheila C.

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