can you say what you want? can you say what you want to be? can you be what you want?

some mornings when i board the train on the circle line, i sometimes meet this elderly couple sending their granchild about 4-5 years to school and the kid always looks so happy, so gentle. his grandparents would hold both his hands with him in the middle and he would just slide along. when they got to the top of the stairs to descend to the platform, the grandpa would squat infront of the kid to piggy back him all the way down. on the train the kid would sit on his grandma's lap and giggle when she kissed him and they leave the cabin two stops later in the same fashion, kid between them, arms dangling, and all i rmb thinking is- you are so loved, you are so loved, you have no idea how much love they have for you.

mornings like that were nice.