RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

As soon as I saw
my parents
my world
got smaller.
I was pushed
into pockets
of fear
and flight.
When I saw them
for what they were
and saw people
for what they were
everything
got smaller.
Then
I saw myself
for what I was:
small
and insignificant.
Suddenly,
I was smaller
no longer.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village 2009-2013