Saturday, 6 June 2015

Nathaniel

You are
a mildly acidic wave breaking
on a shore of concrete.

You are two.

A girl who refuses to dance, but mouthes
Bonnie M at me
across a coffeeshop table.

A girl who cares
but is careless.

A girl with the stubborn goodness
of a tree.

A girl who
(like all of us)
is spiralling around a supermassiveblackhole that is
the colour of her real hair (it used to fall
in satin sheets of midnight).

She walks around in a haze of purple
and yet despite everything,
she is just a girl.

Happy Birthday, you unhappy Bengali.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

All you can think about is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C__F4_3iwQ

Bug said...

I loved that song.

Anonymous said...

nathaniel reminded me of The Amulet of Samarkand. Have you read it?

Bug said...

Yes I have.