I Wanna Show You Something...

It's the 25th anniversary of the first Matrix film, so it's interesting to explore what was really going on there. Instead, a walk this morning in one of the most beautiful places in a small middle-of-Texas country town.

A place where there's a waterfall, where one can climb onto the ledge just far enough to film the lily pads blowing in the wind. Where some stairs just stop being stairs at the water's edge, and time sits exposed, layers deep.

Where the long, skinny bridge across the river is crossed, and a pink dragon ring found in a ditch. How cool is that? And litter left behind by someone else picked up. Where the trees grow and the flowers bloom. Some aren't ready yet, and the ones' called weeds are also allowed to grow freely and beautifully.

Where long ago, someone hung a birdhouse in a tree, and so many little green caterpillars just hatched. Where the ants have built a ginormous front porch to what must surely be a massive underground ant world.

A place where a field, never used for anything, is completely surrounded by a cartoonish amount of "No Trespassing" signs. Where one can sit on a bench and just gaze out at the river until it disappears, and a whispered wish for peace to those who passed before, as they passed. Where a graveyard is stumbled upon, and peace wished to those who passed before.

Where at any moment, one might expect to see the White Rabbit from Alice's Wonderland beckoning to follow him somewhere. Where winding paths through the woods terminate in places unknown. Maybe he lives here, but it could be there. Where nature reveals the mystery of the Fibonacci sequence.

Where a feather is found, and the birds are in love, and the snails are in love, and even the trees seem to be in love. But the deer are just chilling; they aren't paying you no mind. Where on the return, the long, skinny bridge back across the river is crossed again.

Where the past watches over in slow decay. Where the puddles are pondered and the holes in the rocks contain entire universes of their own. Where a lot of steps must be climbed to get back up to the car. 

And where, at the very end, a bottle cap is found on the ground with a message that seems to be left just right there, just for someone to find.