not an unknown place this
as the deep sea the edge of space the vast unknowns humans conjure
what do we truly grasp?
here today I stand
halfway to where I began so many years ago
a child
still
wonder strikes me sharp and clear the height the breadth the boundless sky
just as it must have pierced my fresh young eyes
the rocky expanse a ridge thrust straight from the earth snow-dusted divides in June
a child of mine has returned to my original nesting ground so I visit
and this too then one of life’s true wonders this return seen through another’s life
a gift to savor in the weight of age or perhaps because of it
I haven’t been one for looking back
labeling it reminiscence nostalgia
my feet favor forward
so this too a marvel
is this a link a profound connection a marvel mindedness
we humans
unique or are we
procreation begets awe
to revisit to revise as the feet keep walking
and wonder