I used to try and shrink myself

I wanted to be as small

As small could be

 

I used to weigh my value

On what you thought

Of me

 

I kept my voice low 

Never speaking more

Than you considered necessary

 

I thought you

Were much bigger

I believed that you loved

Pathetic, little me

 

Until the day I closed the door 

And walked all by myself

I walked and walked

For days and days

And years

 

As a I walked

I got bigger

And bigger

And Bigger!

 

And then I glanced back

I was surprised by how

Small you looked

So tiny and light

As a feather

 

I called your name

In as big a voice

I could muster

It shook the roof

Everyone turned 

To look

 

You seemed quite 

Shaken

I heard you whisper

In a tiny voice

No, it cannot possibly

Be her!

C.K.23.