Nona | Oodgeroo Noonuccal (& request)

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I'm looking for a poem I saw in this comm ages ago, about being an atheist. EDIT - There was something about a room, something about a morning or waking up. I think the narrator was either defending atheism or saying he was grateful to be an atheist. Male author, I remember that.


Thanks in advance, and here's this wonderful poem for your trouble.

( 'Nona' - Oodgeroo Noonuccal )

Notes on the Sea's Existence by Agha Shahid Ali

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Notes on the Sea's Existence

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Yellow island, yellow sun:
My struggle began
with a soft wave,
which offered love
on the shore's terms.
Wearing a mask of glares,
the white, white sand
touched me with fire.

I held myself together,
a still breath.


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