The Child Within The Vast City

Imagine a small child,
standing alone in the middle of a vast city.

Skyscrapers stretch endlessly above her.
Trains, lights, and screens move faster than her heartbeat.
Escalators hum endlessly.

She looks up,
trying to understand a world
that feels far too big for her small body to hold.

That’s the moment the child within us wakes up.
Not the one from old memories,
but the one who trembles
when life feels too big,
too modern,
too far from safety.

She appears in quiet turning points —
when illness reminds us how fragile it is to be human,
when change comes too fast,
when the map of certainty dissolves,
when we move to a new homeland.

And each time, she whispers:
“Who will stay with me here?” 🌱

To stay with her
doesn’t mean to silence her fear.
It means to walk beside her,
offering presence
where there are no clear answers.

A small act of humanity
against the vastness of the unknown.