As I grew older,

The city unfurled itself to me,

And in a moment it would shrink

And be texture-less much like that of

A brown kite's wings having taken flight -



     Places and time shrink over the years

     And I don't recall my grandparents' house

     Being so small when I visit them now.

     I don't recall yesterday's birthday celebration

     With friends as a ten year old event  -



These roads are so familiar

The vastness of my surroundings

In my youth is now long gone

Albeit the vastness of the world

Is an appalling thought, my love



While you leave trails

Where I may never go,

I can only imagine the speck

I've become in your vision.