Akwaeke Emezi

To be singled out and locked into the blurred consciousness of a little mind? We refused. It would be madness.

We were not conscious but we were alive—in fact, the main problem was that we were a distinct we instead of being fully and just her.

Humans often pray and forget what their mouths can do, forget that every ear is listening, that when you direct your longing to the gods, they can take that personally.