Wow. I just found this site the other day and was in a mood for joining things, so here I am! I quite like the look of the community so I hope I can really contribute something. (:

I ARRIVE

around the corner, down the way
there is a gate,
opened just a crack
and if you walk, shuffling
through the ever-falling golden leaves
the meandering path
will cross a singing brook where
pebbles glow under the water
if you remember to look down
you will see

walk past the alder grove
and the one giant redwood
himself a freak, growing far away
from his kin, but content in his
neighbours and sentinel duty
through the shrubs, you
will spot a house
that looks like any other

to the door, the path will lead
up the dusty red steps
and across the sunlit verandah
where before the door there is
a mat saying "all may enter,
all are welcome"

the house inside is bigger than you think
the rooms leading to other realms
the doorways offering life-changing
moments and decisions
silver, gold and the dust of far-away
will settle in your veins
so have a care

but if your heart is as mine
you will enter and wander
until your soul settles and your
belief glistens with the dew of
the stories of ages
then, my friend, you will know
what i mean when i tell you
that i've arrived