Sidewalks

Don't you love sidewalks?
I always wonder about all the people who have walked on them.
What were they doing? Where were they going?
Were they good people?
I also always wonder about the land, before the sidewalk was built.
Had the land around it been a farm? Or was it a forest?

A sidewalk is very much like a palimpsest,
if let alone, nature would take over. Weeds would grow through the cracks, and grass would consume the pavement. Within ten years, the cement would be completely hidden under earth and brush.
What a wonderful thing nature is, palimpsest.

Deep in thought,
Kathleen