Saida Agostini reads “a prayer for saida at age eight” from Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25).
“Making it to 40 as a survivor of child sexual abuse and domestic violence was a moment of intense joy and fear. As I struggled with what it meant to be alive and well, I wrote this poem as a way to thank the child me who did not die.”
– Saida Agostini
Saida Agostini is a queer Afro-Guyanese poet. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Diode Poetry Journal, swamp pink, Poet Lore, amongst others. She is the author of let the dead in, a full length collection of poems released by Alan Squire Publishing (March 2022). She lives online at www.saidaagostini.com.
This poem is featured in Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25).
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