A Step Forward
July 9, 2007Portal….Schmortal… I don’t need one….I’m already on this side of the Portal. I’ve been hanging out in Lemuria for months now, traveling the Silk Road and the Serpentine Trail, resting in the House of the Serpents, the Hermitage, and the Old Abbey. I have dipped my feet into the cold waters of Duwamish Bay and I have lived in Cyberia for many weeks now. I have enjoyed the cool mists of the forest and the dusty beauty of the Land of Stones.
Now I am sitting on the other side of the Portal waiting for new visitors to come.I have seen Cronelogical stride by with stately confidence. Carol the Travelling Troubador also passed by, singing her lovely lays. Ha! Soul Sister plopped right in, just missing a wet landing in mud puddle. She must have irked le Enchanteur. The rest should be coming by shortly, I’m sure.
As for me, I will just lounge here on the portal benches to wave at the others as they come——
Hello? What is that?! There’s a bright light coming– a mist is starting to swirl about me. I hear a rumbling and I smell the sea…. what is happening to me?
Instantly, I was no longer at the portal. I find myself on my back, soft powdery sand surrounding me. I dig my hands into the sand. It is cool and moist. I open my eyes and am blinded by a blazing sun directly overhead in a clear cerulean sky. I taste salt on my tongue and feel a tempering cool breeze caress my face. I hear the surging roar of surf.
I sit up. I am on a long beach. I am overcome by colors: Shades of blue, gold and brilliant white. I am so humbled. How could I have been so arrogant to believe that once I had passed through one portal to Lemuria that I would never have to pass again. There are many layers to Lemuria and each requires a step forward to embrace new adventures, new discoveries.
In the distance I see the other travellers. They are waving and motioning me to come along. And behind them stands le Enchanteur, smiling.
Lori Gloyd (c) 2006
