There are a few places that smiled by and stood aside as the world around them raced to become all important centres of human civilisation , not because they couldn't but simply cause they were wise enough to not.
One of them is my native town, Thalora.
It is.I hope will always be,a place with moss covered walls that tell you that is the only way they can stand.
With roads that wind up and down a hill , convincing it that it has not been tamed , just adorned with.A Place with whispering trees and singing insects, where nothing can be ugly,and nothing can produce anger, while beauty and peace canvas everything there is and ever will be.
Like wisdom over wrinkles.
With little known Ancient temples that were made when man still had ample time and acumen to build the divine, dress it and present it to the gods as homes. Legends and myths sculpted into walls and entire eternties, as paintings and word take back their true meaning and stature.Ponds from waters of a holy river a thousand miles away and a giant tree just as old as the skies.
A Place where reverance is not demanded, but is fully understood.
Where sunsets on the hills make you realise that you are witnessing something that nature wants to show off, that this was where god stood and pondered, and all poetry was born.I have my home hereUnder the stars and among these treesSinging a thousand songs as the crickets pleaseSmelling the rain, with winds to talkRivers and sands with gods to walkAs drama unfolds in a second , by the hourI wish I could play, but a small little partPonder at the twinkle, the firefly's beating heartGlad I am, at peace I shall beI have a home hereAnd I wish I'd never leaveWhere the best thing that can happen to you is a power cut along with the night sky.