Wednesday, October 27, 2010

HERE

Here my first tooth grew
Here my first tooth fell off
I ran around this yard
Made mud dolls with this soil
Recited my first vowels in this soil
Played hide and seek in these dongas

Have I grown tall and big?
Or have they grown shallow?
Everything seemed big and majestic back then
The dam, its wall
The yard, the pulpit

There was an open space right here
We used to race on this dirt road
Play school, shoot ball and rope
Life was simple and easy
Adults made rules you followed
Adults did the thinking you had fun

I miss this place
Or is it that place?
Same place, different time
Same people changed by time
Or have I changed?
I miss this place right here