Born in a Second Language Quotes

“I’d hear the sun against my window. Pulsing its wanting eyes
through the glass. And it will say, Take and eat, this is my body. I’d place my chin on
the windowsill. And would take. And would eat. And my skin would grow even
blacker from the joy of light. And God would see and know He sees a good thing.
And He would say, Let there be darkness. And so darkness would not mean for-
saken. And He would not say to separate it from light.”
― Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie, Born in a Second Language

“She cracked and cracked with no one to turn to: / Without begging hands, most Gods don’t make time.”
― Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie, Born in a Second Language