ten years past
and alone in the moonlight
I have changed
and my hometown has changed
but we haven't changed together
I try to change
this idea of my hometown
people pass me by
with their eyes speaking in a code
that is foreign to me
the vendor asks,
are you from mainland China?
the look in his eyes
speaks the language
of a border guard
this journey
back to my hometown
ends
with another one
on the road of no return
