What Lies Beyond the Fence

A chain-link fence is not a wall. It is permeable. You can see through it, sometimes even reach through it. It doesn’t really separate - it marks a boundary. A quiet assertion: Something ends here. Something else begins there.

But what lies beyond a fence? Perhaps a field that no one has set foot on in a long time. A rotting shoe, a lone scarecrow without a hat, an apple tree that belongs to no one. But perhaps there is nothing special there at all. Just grass that grows a little taller because it is never mowed. A fence is often just a reminder that there is no turning back.

Small things slip through beneath a fence: mice, leaves, the wind. The boundary doesn’t apply to everyone. You can jump over a fence if you’re light enough or desperate enough. But most of the time, you stand in front of it- and wonder if you want to go through.

A fence isn’t an obstacle. It’s a question. And the answer lies not in the wire, but in what you hope - or fear - to find on the other side.