Entry Point

There is a secret world that I think about and picture all year long. Each summer, my husband and I travel to the ADK mountains where we camp and kayak into a wild, wonderful world of rare delights and treasures. It is a place where my soul is restored and my imagination is inspired, my life re-fired. My blue kayak is my entry point. Come along.

My blue kayak is my entry point

my path into

the world of the Adirondack waterway.

She knows well the trek

far beyond the realm

of human rule

where dragonflies greet

and guide

to a place beyond the veil

of the wondrous.

As we move across the surface

of a tannic acid underwater kingdom,

I trust that

we will reach our destination

in the land of

loons, herons, fish, ducks, eagles, turtles, waterlillies

and creatures I’ve yet to meet.

Time is measured by paddling

and discovery

and moments of still magnificence

that etch on the camera

inside my memory’s imagination.

My blue kayak is my entrypoint

my path into

the world of the Adirondack waterway.

She knows well the way.