NWATU OLUCHUKWU

Numiousity

There is no one true god

all gods are true 

at least to the hands that reach for them in the dark.

I write a sentence,

it feels too bold. 

I soften it.

Then i write another 

it burns the same. 

Maybe belief is not about truth 

but about survival,

about who you blame 

when lightning finds your roof.

Every god is a story we tell to survive the dark,

every god is a flame we light to see ourselves.

To say one is false is to say 

the sun does not shine 

because the moon is silver too.

And if all gods are true,

then our questions are holy,

our doubts are devotion,

our fear is worship

Every prayer is a hymn,

every cry a sacrament and 

every soul — a temple of infinite truths.

Nwatu Oluchukwu, FON, is a poet from Enugu, Nigeria. Her writing explores identity, grief, tenderness, and becoming. Her work has been featured in Okiti Literary Magazine. Find her on Twitter(sorry X) @soyellanadamas and medium @FON.