I saw a Fairy Dance

I Saw A Fairy Princess Dance 🍂

Oh how I love to dream of fairies

can you imagine my delight?

I saw a real fairy in the forest just last night. she stepped into a clearing

with a certain kind of ease

as if one with nature

she floated with the breeze

higher higher ever higher

reaching to the sky

then slowly drifting down

as the wind began to sigh

at once she crossed the clearing

such gracious leaps and bounds

her music was a symphony

of all the forest sounds

creatures from near and far

became her dancing troop

a single moonbeam shinning

on leader of the group

she twirled in a corner

and awoke the fallen leaves

they whirled all about her

underneath the trees

frenzy gripped the clearing

mad abandon everywhere

it seemed that all of nature was celebrating there

suddenly silence…

a soloist began his song

and the fairy moved as if

to sing along

music and dance in a union

so complete the voice of the songbird came from the fairy’s feet

everywhere she touched

a new life began to stir

soon a path of flowers

began to follow her

she was caressed by moonbeams

till the light of dawn

when the first ray hit the ground

that instant she was gone

now the sun and moon

were hand in hand

both were shinning too

everywhere a golden glow

with moon beams twinkling thru

she left behind a field of flowers

where before the earth was bare

I wondered if that fairy

knew that I was there

was it the answer to my dream

or just by chance

I saw a fairy princess dance

By Frank McNie

Art by Anne Stokes