When I have time, I look at maps
Towns I want to visit on my trip
Towns where I want to live someday
Towns I can never visit
And gently stroke them with my fingertips
As if there’s a future
As if the future is buried there
And so the town takes on a fictional reality
Whenever I need something, I open a map
A town I’ve heard of
A town you’ve heard about in the news
A town you read about in a book
And I circle the name of the town
It’s as if I lived there
As if you lived there
And the town takes back the time that has passed
And what is yet to be known
That are hidden
That I want you to know more about
Is hidden away
The map gently tells us
