ON A FLOATING BLUE PLANET IN SOME GALAXY WE INHABIT

On a Tuesday afternoon I wondered if

A matcha with steam free flowing 

On a oddly moderately warmly November afternoon 

Would remind you that I too

Still accompany the same

Pale planet blue as you


And would it remind you of the hint of green in my dark brown Iris 

And my hair smelling of cheaply dated old navy perfume


But I hope it would remind you of 

The frailty of me and you

And our words which intertwined each passing night before curfew 

In how I was the fragile frame

No way near destined to falter to duplicitous trains of thoughts and pseudo scientific 

Points of views found that were rather from a gimmick of a man who taught you 


Was I suppose to do something grand in the coming days 

Or was I suppose to only become of age?


And it feels true that a breaking heart

Was also a beating heart.

Natalie Bassie Cross

Natalie is a Virginia lover, but a Nashville Wander. She works full time in communications, but can be found spending her days at the local AMC, talking the meanings of films with her Husband. Natalie finds poetry and writing to be a space of reflection, honesty, and perspective. She is greatly influenced by the insights of Rilke, Flannery O'Conner, and her former English Teachers. 

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