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.
