I am a city girl
But when I was youger than I am now
We used to travel every summer to the countryside
Where my grandparents live
We used to take the car to the road
Follow the white line
Until we cannot go any further
Passing by rivers and mountains
Getting by a lot of ups and downs.
This is where I learned to be brave
This is where I learned that you don't need light to live
I learned that so much lives happen in the dark and in the wild
I learned things that seemed impossible to learn in the city
I learned how to ride a bike
I learned how to ride a horse
I learned how to climb mountains
I learned how to take risks
I got to know that there were scarier insects
Than cockroaches.
I've never had time to think about TV and cartoons
Even though I was just a kid then
Well there wasn't TV anyway
But still...
That was the only period in my life
That I liked waking up in the dawn
And sleeping at dusk.
There used to be a girl that
I'd always go looking for whenever we arrive
She was older than me
Almost 5 years of difference
But she was my only friend there
Sometimes during the year
I find myself outlandishly counting days until summer
Just to go and have fun with her
We used to make princesses out of papers
Making our own toys from nothing.
I could learn that happiness is not necessarily related to money and stuffs_
Today she's my uncle's wife
When they just got married
Out of respect_
Mom told me that I should call her auntie.
But that was so far impossible
That was so unfair.
How would your friend
And the one you had the most of your childhood's memories with
Become your aunt.
Today she's a wife
She has matured enough
To not play with me anymore
Well, and I think I matured too.
Today, I still don't care about TV
But I can't go one single day without my phone.
Today, when dad asks us to go to the countryside
I refuse.
Today, instead of sleeping at dusk
And waking up at dawn.
I do wake up at dusk
And sleep at dawn.
Today, I forgot how to be brave,
I get afraid to take risks and put a lot on the edge.
Today, I don't count days anymore.
Until summer nor until winter.
Afraid of what they'd bring.
Today, I know light is a source of life.
Today, I still fear cockroaches.
Today, I got to try those lives of the dark and the wild.
Strange how life changes.
Strange how people change.
But I'm still a city girl.
