The Emerald Doorway

There lies a location with an Emerald Doorway leading to a shared past. Waiting for it's own children to visit. We slipped thru the portal again this summer, Jacquie, I and another child, her son Joe. Immediately, I sensed decades of joy surrounding us And heard the echoes of our horses hoofs tamping down the path. Undisturbed, the path lay awaiting our return. Fertile earth delighting to feel our familiar tread.. The ancient beech, carved with our milestones, stood sentinel over our clearing. Sunbeams lighted the moss, remembering long conversations. Gnarly grapevines dangling memories of our Grasps, ready to swing over the ravine, into our past. Inviting us to a smokey treat, flavored by long ago. A musical voice...the stream, called to our remembering and our playfulness... urging us to slide it blue-smooth slate Among the creatures, salamanders, crayfish and minnows, staring in wide-eyed wonder at seeing us again. into our swimming hole, waiting to baptize us in the wonderment of nature... to carry with us, Our childhood home. l