nanu

It's so beautiful to see you
walking around discovering nooks.and crannies
 in a home you have called your own for years.
To see you find a snug little corner
in the wide never ending expanse of this pigeonhole,
a square foot is a square foot is an acre,
when one looks through your eyes.

As you scratch and scratch at this unyielding surface,
you never give up
you never learnt to.
you don't learn like i do,
from the others around me.
You don't imitate,
you know what you know
and you have known for centuries.

You learn to develop habits
suited to my tastes
 but you don't learn knowledge
that was passed on to you.
As you sit all snuggled up,
in a corner you dug out of concrete
I admire your apparent inability to learn.

Learning is not always intelligent.
Learning is not always knowledge.
I learnt to be a woman.
I learnt to be middle class.
I learnt my majoritarian values.
 you know to be you,
 no matter what you learn
 you know to be you
 no matter how much we teach you
 to be nanu

A great big bhalu hug

A great big bhalu hug
That's what I need
A great big bhalu hug
That makes me feel
Like all's good again
Like nothing in the world could hurt me
That there's an end to the pain
Like I'll never feel this way again

A bhalu hug
To surround me
To make me feel whole
To make me feel safe
A great big bhalu hug
For without you I'm cold
This world's a scary place

A great big bhalu hug
With your face looking down at me
Radiating warmth and comfort
Cause you'd never let me face this world alone
You'd never be gone
Leave me to wipe my own tears
To face my fears
All alone

A great big bhalu hug
Just for old times sake
For I need you today
To make the world a better place
And without you it's hard
Just one last time
A great big bhalu hug