Once Upon a Time...

Have you ever thought about that phrase? "Once upon a time..." What a mental image. I picture myself, a little girl, riding on the back of a comet--a clock in the shape of a comet--streaking through a midnight sky. Up on a time. Up on a time of hopes and dreams. Up on a time that hummed with the electricity of a future yet unrealized. Up on a time. Where fantasy and reality collided and left a blurry line that was easily crossed. Once...up on a time. Once upon a time.