The Universe and Me

I am, or it is, retreating
to places I never have been.
It’s like looking through a telescope backwards:
far off and nothing between.

I feel there is something important,
I have or lack;
as if, every step I take forward,
my world takes another step back.

It seems my world is expanding
at a pace I no longer can keep.
My world has become truly frightening:
no difference awake or asleep..

Then where is my universe going?
To where in this world dare I turn?
The place where I stand is much smaller.
It’s to childhood, it seems, I’ve returned.