what matters

After four years and a half
I met my nephew today
he looks just the same
though some would say
he has grown more American
all the years he's been away.
If only I could tell them
that boundaries are neither
drawn by some divinity
nor even cast in stone
by frail leaders of humanity
What matters is not citizenry
but what manner of
human being he grows
up to be
(priya)