Cartography

In an age of online maps,

I am enthused

when people ask me

for directions.

Otherwise introvert, 

while giving directions,

I, however,

make it a point that they

fully grasp the dynamics 

of walking to the place,

the mobility of reaching

from multiple perspectives.

First, I make the lanes, bylanes;

corners and turns emerge

through the gestures of my hands,

then, I immerse them

into this invisible space 

so that they comprehend

the way, not as streets, or alleys

but as duration.

Given pen and paper,

I would even draw it for them.

Being lost is an underrated talent 

no more than giving directions is.