a dusty, narrow, root-crossed trail led steeply downwards to the water's edge.
a tree with a wide strong trunk had grown out over the river.
i crawled on my hands and knees along its rough body
and then straddled it with my legs
until i reached a place where i could see
up and downstream.
12 comments:
You have offered an image of yourself like this before, in a comment at my place, I think, getting down so low, seeing close what is small, and the bigger piece too. It's beautiful, Steven.
I think my crawling along branch days are long past Steven - but oh how I long to do it sometimes when I see a branch over the water.
ruth - i wrote this piece because it reminded me so much of the process i am passing through as i move into my fifty-fifth lap of the sun and find myself looking for vantage points from which to see the arcs of the past and perhaps catch a glimpse of the arc of the future. i watched myself shimmy out onto this tree and wondered at the boy who still inhabits me!! steven
weaver - your insightful, perceptive and gentle observations of life in the dale are richly rewarding for all who visit!! i'm grateful that you share all that you can from your perspective on solid ground!! steven
it is a grand metaphor steven and now i say, ok you adventurer, do it. risk the splinters and the fall. we should all risk the splinters and the fall:)
xo
erin
erin - it's the place i am. steven
I'm slightly further along the log than you. But it's true that we do and probably SHOULD cling to those branches of youth, and wonder and living.
Of course, in my mind I'm 25. In my body...58. Ouch!
Rick
PS: Very cool header!
ha rick!! you're just ahead of me - fifty-four years are behind me. i hold very tightly to the branches of life - past, present and those still growing!! steven
thanks for the comment about the header photo rick. i was washing my bicycle yesterday and i was unable to take my eyes off the little coloured soap bubbles . . . . parts of me refuse to "grow up". steven
Wonderful words...love the new header!
thankyou very much hope! steven
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