The Hidden Wall

Inspired By My Beloved Poet- Robert Frost. Stone walls become protectors of the land; each stone is placed to balance and hold tight through time, surviving long past usefulness- beyond each owner's need for boundaries. I reckoned this while walking in the woods, not far from home, one early autumn day, along a hidden path, surrounded by dense foliage, wild grasses, and tall trees. There, I discovered a long wall of stone, meandering- without a purpose shown. What farms or log cabins existed here, that this stone wall was built to cordon off, to act as guardian- hold separate lands bounded by this jagged line of stones? I wondered how its structure had survived that offers now- intentions for its worth. I sadly pondered this, remembering a famous poem penned by Robert Frost- Mending Wall- "good fences make good neighbors," and wondered if, indeed- they truly were. October 3, 2020 ~6th Place~ Contest: A Wall In The Woods Sponsor: Craig Cornish Judged: 10/16/2020