Thursday, 23 August 2012

(Hydrogen) Boyfriend


His atomic number is one.
A singular proton
In his private nucleus.
Electrons dancing unnoticed on his surface.

He is programmed for covalent bonding,
But his (electro)negativity
Polarises his relationships
So they are unequal.

Hydrogen is what keeps us together.
Our atoms bound by negative charge
From different molecules.
Yet this is no true chemical bond.

His melting point -259.14 ยบC.
Not soft or malleable, but cold.
Exposed to air he vapourises
But yet, is ever present.

Without hydrogen I would die.
No air. No water.
I breathe him in; he breathes me out,
I am his own Hiroshima.

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