Wading past the threshold... br I step outside br to rejoin the earth... br make up for lost time.... br br ...Knolls and Hillocks rolling out... br royal carriages of robust... opulent green... br ...Carpet of lush verdant velvet sprawling br ...far as the eye can see! br br Phantom tundra thundering silently overhead... br great grey ivory glaciers floating through the arctic azure sky! br Frothy cascade of cumulo-cotton blanketing halcyon-blue horizon! br br Engulfed by the floral bounty, br I feel a shift at the core of my being! br br Aplomb! ... Agog! ...gadding about, br I traipse along the cobble stone. br br O the informal pathway! br In its jagged unvarnished Perfection - br I see for the first, all likenesses: br Personalities Stories Characteristics of woman, of man br etched on the face of the hardened surface. br br Unwonted! Unworldly! Vernal Fertility! br Springs solar solace! br Alacrity in the air! br Au naturale perfumes! br Effulgent sun-struck foliage! br br In our garden... br ...Enraptured...Carefree... br the garden br we sowed mended groomed br our hands our trowel our sweat br our toil our care br br This garden br once flourished under br the tender bloom of our affection; br brought up, raised in perfect affinity... br Every petal Every sapling Every node br Every mottled panicle... br still possessing a fragmented br piece of your jeweled essence...