NOT BY SERENDIPITY

32w

I was diagnosed with stage 4 SAPA 💔
But I remained resilient. ✊

For I know,
Survival is not serendipity…
Maka o mmụọ Chukwu na-enye ndu. ✨🙏

It has been only God,
Holding me through the hunger,
Guiding me through the drought. 🌾

And last last,
We go survive. 🌅

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mindbodyspirit

32w

Loved it. Great concept and I appreciated the footnote cos it gave it even more emotional depth for the knowledge of your meanings 👍👏

sidusferam

32w

Amen amen. Beautiful message and thank you for translating❤️👏

defola

32w

A Small guide for anyone wondering about some words in this poem: SAPA - a Nigerian slang for deep poverty / financial hardship. I used it as a “stage 4 illness” to describe how heavy it feels. Maka o mmụọ Chukwu na-enye ndu - an Igbo phrase meaning “For it is the Spirit of God that gives life.” Last last, we go survive- A Nigerian Pidgin English for “At the end of it all, we will survive.”