Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Arthur Tikhon Cooke



My son looks like me with different coloured eyes.
We're the spit of each other, he looks like me in disguise,
except his hair's white & straight & mine's brown & curly.
He's got a different personality & language,
that apart, he's like the opposite slice of the same sandwich!
We're indistinguishable but for our lips & noses 
& the shape of our faces.
Also his head's regal & balanced like an egyptian demi-god
(what's the word for that?)
whereas mine looks like a pile of sand poured out of a brickie's hod.
He looks like i would if i was stunning.
He acts like i would if i was clever.
He relates to people with trust & curiosity & openeness
& has an affinity towards friends with sensitivity, intelligence, vivacity.
Not like the barmpots i attract.
He's just like me, my son except he lives in a land called now.
I love him so much
I'm always swimming in awe of his immeasurability.
He makes me feel beautiful somehow.


Written for Arthur Cooke, when he was little. 





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