this road took my heart... 
where did my heart go?..... 
dragged in the wind of childhood........ 
was it there?....... 
left in my tiny footprints?....... 
or evaporated in adolescence?....... 
wiped away with tears....... 
dried and balled up........ 
at the bottom of an old schoolbag? ...... 
was there a soul to accompany it?....... 
when was my light untouched?....... 
when was it no different...... 
to the next door neighbour?........ 
or the smiling strangers shopping?...... 
even the postman or woman?......... 
I have turned around to search for it........ 
only to see hundreds of miles........ 
of dried up footsteps and pathways......