perhaps we did skip spring and go straight into
summer
hurrying to get the year over with
idealising strange climates
anyway, you’re still as much relief as the weather
you’re like soil, something that’s waiting,
constantly being watered
you have to show us at some point what the sun is
smiling about
what the leaves are rushing into green for
this metaphor is far too artificial for what you’re
going through
you’re the archaic times when nature was the well
of similes poets drank from
long before the air was captured and moulded by
human hands
frankly I’m worried about our future
and I remedy that with the pool of heaven resting on
your cheeks
I wonder about you and me
will we really bloom?
Nour K. (they/them) is the author of debut poetry collection, ‘emerge(ncy)’, and a published writer and poet based in the Netherlands. They identify with the third culture experience of being brought up in different countries and Nour’s work has appeared in AZ Magazine, Surj Magazine, 2020Vision Digital and more. ‘emerge(ncy)’ is an exploration of the journey of a soul as it navigates oppressive systems and cultural constraints. Of ‘Weather’ they say, “This poem addresses fears about the future of the planet from a personal perspective.” @nurthefactory