Sue’s weekly photo prompt…

Do you feel like the adventure and fun almost seeps out of you as an adult? The older you get, the more cautious you become? Things you wouldn’t have thought twice about in the past now involve several layers of consideration before you even contemplate having a go…

That was my thought process while writing this week’s piece.

It was a strange opening.

Totally misplaced in this woodland, where everything was so rustic. Even the staircase we had descended to reach here was very primitive.

Yet this entrance looked new, very modern. The stone framing the doorway looked like almost new breezeblocks, but there was still an air of history, and mystery surrounding it.

I could have sworn that it hadn’t been there before. We used to play here so much as youngsters, surely we would have seen it?

As children, I am pretty sure we would have been the first to explore. But the opportunity never arose.

And now, 20 years later, here I stood, almost rooted to the ground with an innate sense of fear coursing through my blood.

I couldn’t go in there! What if something was lying in wait? What if we found something awful? A dead body? No, I couldn’t take the risk. Better not knowing, than unearthing something you wish you had never known!

I wasn’t that same person anymore, not that devil may care child who thought nothing of disappearing into dark holes and caves.

No, this was a mystery for some other person to explore. We made our way back up the stairs, but I couldn’t help but shoot a final glance back at that entrance…