Kamila Iżykowicz: '2m'

I was 2 many
too many times distanced
from you my nature

I am way 2 much
into you when you’re running
away from me boy

Was it 2 meters
long or wide this time
I spent just with you at home

It takes 2 minutes
to become a poet’s dream
or a police nightmare

I was 2 months
there eating salty rice with you
the smell of sea water

Once I was 2
mum remember me this way please
that will never change

2 billion bright stars
trees and leaves didn’t notice
one human virus

2 million moments
behind us trees are waiting
smelling so damn good

Much 2 many thoughts
much later air is as golden
as a coin once was

I was 2 many
too many times distanced
from you my nature

Kamila Iżykowicz is a product and concept design practitioner, writer and visual artist based in London. She’s a postgraduate MA student in Design Products at Royal College of Art, and in summer 2019 was a Tate Modern: Staged on Screen invitee with her video performance art.