Once Upon a Time

Blessed!  Blessed is the hook that catches

Not the mouth but the soul

High fantasy, delightfully woven! 

Making real the places that aren’t

But always have been

Not read but lived!

The heart carries the Ring, awaits Arthur

Sails to Roke, opens the wardrobe

Wears a sword, speaks with dragons

What wondrous escape from a dim world

The last page turned with not a little grief

The colors fade and the seas are stilled

But the so-called fiction is truer than truth

Soon enough the magic calls you back

To once upon a time