Diminutive World

It’s a big world, our orb

so many countries and cities within

We travel to have heat, cold; pleasure

escape the silence or din.

When I travel, it’s so distant

further than I want to be

My definition of abroad

is going to Saltcoats by the sea.

I’ve never travelled on a big ship

my brothers fly to Spain

When I make a great journey

I go to England by train.

I’ve never flown on a plane

don’t even have a passport

I journey all the way from Scotland

to good ole Blackpool resort.

The thing is, the world I live in

is too big for someone like me

I may appear to be a simpleton

but I’m far from that, you see.

Some of us are meant for bigger things

to learn, teach or travel the planet

My world is big enough

to build it, takes a minuscule of granite.