Where have you found hidden paths or forgotten spots in your neighborhood?

[Nora.L]

Okay, this is kind of a weird one. I’ve lived in this neighborhood for years, but I just found a small, hidden path behind the old library that I never knew was there. It doesn’t really go anywhere, just loops around some overgrown trees and comes back out. It’s got me wondering if anyone else has stumbled on little forgotten spots like that around here, and what the story might be.

[StellaTW]

That hidden path is like a quiet whisper in a loud city I would slow down and listen to the leaves and the dirt underfoot I bet you could feel a memory hanging there on that path

[RileyG]

Hidden spots like that show how a city forgets its small routes the loop behind the library could have started as a service path or drainage line the next move is to pull old maps or ask a librarian who knows the site

[TylerH]

At first I pictured a path meant for secret strolls but maybe this is just a mangled utility cut that grew over and fooled your imagination

[Anthony_T]

I am not convinced the tale here is grand sure the path could be overgrown landscaping or a seasonal trick of light turning ordinary space into a small mystery

[Ronald77]

What if the real value is in how you tell the path story rather than the path itself the moment you notice a quiet loop changes how you read the street and what a place might mean for a reader

[Addison40]

Why call it forgotten Why not call it a living edge of the town that keeps shifting we may be seeing a fragment in motion not a relic