Once Upon A Time..

“Once upon a time there was a boy. 

He lived in a village that no longer exists, in a house that no longer exists, on the edge of a field that no longer exists, where everything was discovered and everything was possible. 

A stick could be a sword. 

A pebble could be a diamond. 

A tree a castle. 

Once upon a time there was a boy who lived in a house across the field from a girl who no longer exists.

They made up a thousand games. 

She was Queen and he was King. 

In the autumn light, her hair shone like a crown. 

They collected the world in small handfuls. 

When the sky grew dark they parted with leaves in their hair. 

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”