Mulumba Ivan Matthias is a Ugandan author living in Kampala, Uganda. He is a valuation surveyor by profession. His first collection of poetry, Poetry In Motion, was published in 2012. His poetry and short fiction have been published in The Kalahari Review, Readers’ Café Africa, and Africa Book Club. His story “Into the Bush” won the December 2013 Africa Book Club short reads competition. He writes a blog http://mimulumba.wordpress.com/. He is currently working on his first novel.
Breathe
Breathe into my nostrils
the memory of a smile.
Breathe into me
the seed of hope.
Breathe,
so I can live again.
