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The child in me plays on the lawn
Running freely, skipping, jumping high
Rolling around in cool green blades
I stop….and gaze intently at the bug
Something new, it moves funny!
Darting in and out of my sight
Now hidden from me I look even closer
Down deeper I part through the wilderness
I see canyons and valleys and ridges
This must be a hidden forest
What wild things run through here?
Will I find all the animals I love?
There is even more than that!
Gazeebles and boggles and elps
Fascination, amazement and creation
World upon world upon world
Deeper, even deeper I plunge through
An explorer of brave heart and soul
I’ve never been to this part before
Let’s go see what diamonds await
Look over here! Look over there!
Great excitement about such discovery!
I am brimming with all that I find!
Look at my wonderful private world
(pause)
I never left home
I’ve always been here
But by looking deeper
Ever more dear I hold this place
I wrote this while watching children playing on the lawn at Lake George, running from the teepee to explore with the circus performers from Cirque de Soleil. They were joyous and playful, and I remembered what it was like when I was in my own back yard exploring. As I wrote, it was with great joy in myself I realized I was writing about discovering what is inside me, I never have to leave to find amazement. Laurie dozing next to me in a rocking chair on the lodge porch, 9/07
