Monday, September 03, 2007

Radioactive Girl is surprised by love

Radioactive Girl is surprised by love

What must you have thought?
When I closed my eyes, it was
To protect myself.
It must have been the impact of you
For my heart suddenly reached critical mass
And I felt like I was going go nuclear, immediately
My coal-darkness shattering –
The blooming burst of it, the ravaged atoms going haywire,
Leaving radioactive waste all over your bed

Repercussions lasting for ages
And the saddest kind memory, which is darkness, into light,
Into darkness.

Timid skulk out in the morning
Without even a puff of gusto left
And you smile faintly as I go, 
with glowing flecks in your hair.
Did you even notice?
I closed my eyes tight but could still see you
And my insides turned to green glass.