14. Gulliver

I.

He's too tall now
for sitting in my lap much longer
despite his claim of never wanting
to grow up.

He'll forget.

II.

The boy who's mother
jumped off a mountain
left him as alone as
alone can be with nothing
but his nervous smile
and her curse,
so of course he could not stay
very long
either.

I remember him now
just as helplessly.