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Galactorrhea.
Fatihah Quadri
The night Aunty Tolu returned,
we watched as she pour herself into the sink, fresh milk
pulled out from her body.
Her breast,
a swollen wound; a Lazarus of nameless feeling.
Leaking nipples;
squeezed by the grief of a slacked hand.
Another name for pain is
a mother’s breast, longing for the mouth of a lost child.
Fatihah Quadri Eniola is a Nigerian page and performance poet who uses poetry as a tool for advocacy. She is a strong advocate for gender equality, human rights, and community issues. Fatihah is the winner of the inaugural Pawner's Paper Performance Poetry Prize for Peace and the 2025 Centre for Black Art and African civilization Poetry Prize, among other accolades. Her works have been published in Torch Literary Arts, The West Trade Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, and more. She has a background in Law from the University of Ibadan. She tweets @fatihahquadri