Memorable Windows

I saw majestic mountains towering over everything in the closed in valley

I saw the paved street sloping down the hill to a dead end

But I can no longer look out this window

Instead I can only see it in memory

And once a year I have the opportunity to look in

When looking in I sometimes see people

Perfect strangers walking on the floor I once knew to be my own

I remember loving to look out this window when the mountains were painted with orange, yellow, red and brown

The dry summer had passed and the autumn air was here

When I would look hard I could see the ski resort's chairlift

When I would look even closer I saw the shadows of mountain ranges behind the one I lived in for so many years

Giving me a taste of the world beyond the valley