Each poem within this collection, whether historically based, fictional, or fantasy, has some connection with or to my fathers sacred ground, the Old Mill Creek; founded in 1861, the 2,500-acre nature preserve is Ohios first district park. Your reading journey includes "Star-crossed Lovers Nevermore," a poem inspired by Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Two poems connected with the family Home Cemetery, where generations of my fathers family and relatives rest, is nestled within the park. The final three poems are a trilogy, part fiction with small, surgical incisions of real events that follow a familys journey through "Magic in the Trees," "The Dragons Lair," and "The Miracle of the Polished Stone." The trilogy presents a dynamic illustration of the dichotomy of human consciousness; the Yin and Yang of the circle of reality and fantasy, tragedy and joy, and despair and redemption.