childhood

it’s been a long time since i realized
i am at the top of only my own pyramid
and stepping down all around are the steps that join me to the ground
and look how every tile is chiseled

there am i every time
holding up the peak with my own little tile
and falling in front of me like fields and sky is the sureness of love for a lifetime

and in every place that life has taken me
the central streams of love keep watch on me
keeping me faithful to a modern version of
the unstained worldview of my childhood

all the unchanging elements hold me close to the ideal
further and closer but always within reach
i am on my own but i’m not alone