reading a map

the map tells us some things about the place
not always those we want to have in mind
the image always signifies the space

i look down on the paper and see a face
that cannot see me because it is blind
the map tells us some things about the place

the colours we see tell us to embrace
particularities differences in human kind
the image always signifies the space

our fingers touch it then go on to trace
the lines of rivers the bright coastal rind
the map tells us some things about the place

the blue of water lends a sort of grace
it gives completion to each rivers's wind
the image always signifies the space

on this site we imagine the swift race
to understand to conquer or to find
the map tells us some things about the place
the image always signifies the space