Akwaeke Emezi: Content Warning: Everything
Self-portrait as an angel
“i will most certainly have wings of roaring flame
eleven of them, seven unstable faces, your worst
shame as my eyes, your darkest desire as
my sword, bloody and oh so beautiful
and I will finally look
like the terrible thing
I have always been
haven’t you always
wanted power beyond
sense, haven’t you asked for it
in your most sinful nights, sworn to pay
whatever the cost? i am not here to answer
or lend grace, perhaps you do not understand
how this actually works. i think
you should be very afraid.”
