happy discoveries
we found our way in and out of the corn maze
by following the grandies through the rows and fields
then found hot air balloons
followed their colors
past the moon and the trees
saw their beautiful flight and landing
all on an afternoon spent among things raised from the earth.
—
“imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.”
– letitia elizabeth landon
and here we go, marching straight into the corn.
—
“the future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present.”
-terry brooks
—
at nixon farms, dexter, mi, usa – october 2019
it was the perfect night
for the
corn maze terror
9 of us went in
3 of us made it
all the way through
hangnail moon
chilling wind
corn up to the sky
eerily waving us in
dark silo in the back
watching it all
and
scary things
so many terrifying things
all along the way
walking out of the corn
and
standing behind us
and
calling our names
and
chasing us
scary pic of me hiding in the corn
right at the beginning – excited and scared both
we ran
we startled
we got lost
we shrieked
we fell
we ran more
we tried to
clutch onto each other
sometimes to strangers
yelled our lungs out
and
somehow
made it to the end
a little bit braver
and
for at least one of us
a lot more scared
than when we went in.
a true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst,
than in the beginning of danger.
– philip sidney
I didn't have my glasses on.... 