Fairy Tale

      "Who was she?" they asked...

She is the net of

honey tulips in the breeze,

she is those paper butterflies 

racing across mazes of wheat, 

the flakes of sleet

that chased the wind

until they melted away, 

laughter on the swing set...

She's hurricanes and storms,

the scent of pines

the night

she wished on a star

for the first time. 

She's the field of

pink heather and hyacinths

where she sat for hours....

She's the mist that puzzled her, 

the smiles and kisses

she kept secret. 

She's that faint hue

of lavender in the sky

at sunset. 

    "Who was he then, " they asked again....

He is the savour of 

the first spark of fire, 

he's the tales of 

armored knights on mares,

the fists and fights he endured

in third grade.

He is a firework show in the sky....

He's seagulls flying high,

the nightmares that cling

to his reflections, and

the fear of darkness he

always kept bottled.

He's the tongues of flame

that reached for the 

atmosphere,

the aquamarine pond 

where he lost his first nickel, 

those crinkles on the side of 

his eyes no one saw....

He is those hidden smiles and kisses

he could not find.

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Love this love your style x

[Moonie]

Thank you so much! :))

[Alfred Kukitz]

I like the big and little of this piece. You have your characters doing the superhuman yet bring them to the alter of simplicity. Nice work Moon!

Regards,
Al

[Coyote Poetry]

Beautiful use of words and thoughts. I like the places, the thoughts and the honest words. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Einstein Noodle]

i absolutely love your "Fairy Tale" ... "who was she" is one uplifting, gentle inebriating moment after the other ...and "who was he" .. sparks the boy hero in me ... the care you gave to each line pays off for me! i would quote them all ..and the celebration of a Princess and a Hero is a refreshing breath .. the differences of the sexes is Divine if one would ever ask me ;)) a wonderful and (again) uplifting read for me!
E.

[Sami Khalil]

A stellar write of good taste and expression. I like how you divided them in two parts...:)...............

[reluctantsyren]

I love love love this! I wish you were still posting....

[Moonie]

Thank you so much! :))
I do post occasionally. WC has always been my writing home, and I wish for more free time to write and post more than anything else...
Thanks again! :)))

[Aries]

I don't have words to express how this one made me feel and I'd fall short if I tried. Your writing resonates with me. Subscribing, for sure...

[Moonie]

Thank you, Aries! Your reviews are always very uplifting! :))

[ANTO]

I really love the 'she' - the 'he' not so much but I really admire how much has gone into this - to imagine so many of those magical, paradoxical, ethereal 'things' (that aren't even all really tangible things) must have been difficult. Kudos for that Moons

I like the way you presented this one. the two accounts in response to the questions is clever.

[Moonie]

Oh, I was actually worried about the she more than the he. I revised the 1st stanza so many times. Perhaps, I should have given the same attention to the 2nd one too.
I reckon what we like, what we dislike, what little moments we share, what we want, what we imagine are a better way of describing who we are than our names, or postal addresses or the sources of our income..(but of course if you are the Godfather, then the last one cannot be ignored..)
That is why the two remain anonymous throughout the poem...

[Moonie]

Thank you Anto for lighting up this page with your stellar review!!!!! :))