not an unknown place  this 
as the deep sea  the edge of space  the vast unknowns humans conjure 
what do we truly grasp?
here  today  I stand 
halfway to where I began  so many years ago 
a child
still

wonder strikes me  sharp and clear   the height  the breadth  the boundless sky 
just as it must have pierced my fresh young eyes 
the rocky expanse  a ridge thrust straight from the earth  snow-dusted divides in June

a child of mine has returned to my original nesting ground  so I visit
and this  too then  one of life’s true wonders  this return seen through another’s life 
a gift to savor   in the weight of age  or perhaps because of it

I haven’t been one for looking back
labeling it reminiscence  nostalgia
my feet favor forward
so this  too  a marvel

is this a link   a profound connection  a marvel mindedness
we humans
unique  or are we
procreation begets awe
to revisit  to revise as the feet keep walking
and wonder