I am far away from home
and it is no different.
This city smells eroded. Even
its name has lost weight.
Accra,
All the anthills have been
washed back into the sea.
Rust eats my bones in search
of what will aid me in avoiding
displacement.
And yet the water still calls me
this time in the form of rain.
Jay Kophy is a Ghanaian poet and the author of Maceration (African Poetry Book Fund/Akashic Books, 2023) and Walking on Water (Library of Africa and the African Diaspora/Light Factory Publications, 2021). His poems have been featured and are forthcoming in literary magazines such as AGNI, Lolwe, FourWay Review, Indianapolis Review, the Journal, Obsidian Literature & Arts, and many others. He is also the founder and managing editor for the Contemporary Ghanaian Writers Series (CGWS).
