Abhi | Khadijah Umar Ragada | Poetry

  Abhi (i) Why? Why didn’t you whisper goodbye into the hollow of my leaving, before sending me off like wind through an open door? Why? Why didn’t you leave me a sign— a flicker, a trembling light— to hold me back from your absence before it became too wide to cross? Why? Why didn’t […]

Abhi | Khadijah Umar Ragada | Poetry
  Abhi (i) Why? Why didn’t you whisper goodbye into the hollow of my leaving, before sending me off like wind through an open door? Why? Why didn’t you leave me a sign— a flicker, a trembling light— to hold me back from your absence before it became too wide to cross? Why? Why didn’t […]