Hey, little boy,
the world is not yours
to behave like a king
the world is not for you to take
to use and abuse
the world is not a place in need of that.
The world doesnโt need kings anymore,
little boy,
it doesnโt need queens with open arms
waiting to receive
to be served
to look down on the world.
Most probably,
the world never needed any of those.
But anyway,
if the world needs something,
which, to be fair, it may not, who knows,
but if it does need something
it probably has more to be with
avoiding mirrors
smiling to strangers
and helping waiters
with the clean up.
Iโm mostly certain
the world needs that space
that open field full of green grass
where people just meet for a snack
for a chat, for a movie, for a game
or just to rest, laying one next to the next
facing at the sun
smiling to their warm skins
forgetting about names
forgetting.
But I always leave a room for doubt,
just in case,
just if, by any chance,
what the world needs right now
is a beautiful little boy
working in his arrogance to become a man,
building big stone walls
for himself
in front of that open green field full of grass.
โKoh Tao, Thailand - 12/04/2024
Itโs season for poetry and poems start to bloom.
Love,
p.