It takes a lifetime

to press.

And there’s no atonement

but for the very rebellion of being

in the flesh, I’ve seen birds

hang so heavy.

You were here,

it happened.

Your curtain still ripples

in the midday light.

Selected byNolcha Fox
Image credit:Amir Doreh
Nathalie Spaans

Nathalie Spaans lives in Amsterdam and works as a public attendant in a cool museum. In day to day life she finds it hard to convey what's going on. With writing she tries to make sense of it.