A long, long time ago on a cold winter's night

Kind of a long one

 

A long, long time ago on a cold winter’s night,

two hearts were broken the crest of the eve

This is the story of how it all happened,

how friendship will conquer if you just believe

 

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Soft are the wings of the firefly princess,

twilight the scene of her flickering light

Pine needle whispers aflutter of springtime,

alone on this evening in silence her flight

 

Warm April breezes caressing her body,

slumbering daffodils, gold leaf embossed

Shining, her beacon illumines the valley,

twinkling fades of a friend she had lost

 

Wandering sadly neath evergreen niches,

shadows and silhouettes bend at her glow

Hard to imagine her tiny heart broken,

far from the beauty this night she does show

 

When then she sees him alone on a hillside,

a pen in his hand as he quietly writes

Silently floating, she lands on his shoulder,

kind is his face that her glow gently lights

 

Noticing teardrops upon his cheeks falling,

“Why are you crying?” she asks him sincere

Startled, he looks at her, eyes wet and weary,

“Oh little firefly, what has brought you here?”

 

He turned away gazing off up at the moonlight,

then shook his head as more words he wrote down

“I miss her so much,” he said in a whisper,

his mouth once he finished returned to a frown

 

She knew how he felt for her heart it was broken,

one winter’s evening, a cold misty day

Taken from sleep by her jealous big sister,

evil her magic had whisked him away

 

Just then she noticed that things felt familiar,

something about him jarred her memory

It cannot be, visions rambled within her,

this could not be my friend taken from me

 

“If I may ask sir, please when did you lose her?”

She fluttered her wings so excited to hear

Her light now as bright as the full moon above them,

here on this hillside the skies ever clear

 

“It’s hard to remember, but sometime last winter,

a sorceress came on the solstice I think

From by her side I was suddenly taken,

found myself here just as quick as a wink”

 

“Since then I’ve cried on this hillside we frolicked,

writing her poetry, words how I feel

Sorrow and sadness in harmonic phrases,

verses my broken heart could not conceal”

 

“The saddest part is it is merely a feeling,

only her smile is what I can recall

I know she was real for my heart does remind me,

the rest is a blur, almost nothing at all”

 

She thought and she thought of her wicked old sibling,

remembering tears drops from friendships that fell

When mixed together might change what had happened,

glistening together, they could break the spell

 

She took one of hers that she saved since December,

flew to his cheek were a steady stream flowed

Placed her own teardrop within his now weeping,

to her amazement, his body it glowed

 

Shimmering sparkles like fireworks bursting,

a magical sheen filled the heavens above

A blink of her eye and he changed right before her,

he now was a firefly, the one that she loved

 

His eyes grew as wide as a sunflower smiling,

flapping his wings like he’d never before

Looking at her with his light brightly gleaming,

he said, “I remember, you’re my friend I adore”

 

He was so happy, he flew up and hugged her

“I missed you,” he said “never leave me again

We’ll fly and we’ll hide far away from your sister”

Then he looked down and he noticed his pen

 

He lifted it up and then flew to the paper,

flapping his wings, he penned one final line

It read that they lived happily ever after,

from now in this moment, till the end of time

 

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So there you have it, a tale of best friends

Missing each other, once taken apart

Knowing that now every happiest ending,

can always be found if you look in your heart

 

 

Reviews

[William Michael Reeves]

Nice!!! I was on the edge of my eyes as I read this. Got all caught up in the story and forgot I was reading a poem. Usually your twist lands at the end, but this time it happens with a few verses to go. He becomes a firefly with the blink of her eye. Love it!! And the eyes as wide as a sunflower smiling. Good stuff! I like the epilogue thing too. Was the hill where Stonehenge stands? Or maybe a similar solstice sorceress' stone stand?

[willweb]

It very well could have been. It was an enchanted hill though, I know that. Thanks my friend.

[John the Baptist]

Good rhyming and storytelling here. Reads like something from Grimm's Fairy Tales.

[willweb]

Thanks so much my friend.

[Cherrie]

A Magical story for all ages.

[willweb]

Thank you Cherrie

[M]

A lovely fairytale in poetic verse. It made me think of Tinkerbell and Peter Pan and the world of Disney enchantment rolled into one. Naturally, he was a poet as well! Such a well thought out and written tale that gives your characters the happy ending that their struggles deserved. A poem full of hope and one to put a childlike smile on the face of your readers. Well conceived and written.

[willweb]

Thank you so much. I am happy you enjoyed this one.

[Coyote Poetry]

A wonderful story Will.
"He was so happy, he flew up and hugged her
“I missed you,” he said “never leave me again
We’ll fly and we’ll hide far away from your sister”
Then he looked down and he noticed his pen"
The above lines were kind and good. I do like a happy ending. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[willweb]

Thank you so much my friend.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Will.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what a great tale...definitely the happy ending that provokes a smile...and the imagining that we could fly.
Together with a lover.

[willweb]

Thanks so much Jacob.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Well, this is just beautiful! I think this is one of my favorites by you yet. It's a perfect telling of love lost and found once again.

[willweb]

Thanks so much Linda. I am happy you liked it.

[Lorry]

Awww!
This should be animated, with a voice over telling the tale of happy ever afters can happen, if only you believe enough.
I can see it being snapped up, with many follow on tales of their happy adventures, far from the prying eyes of that naughty sister.
I bet by the time it's done it would also have a cool soundtrack and the following sequels would have stars selling their grannies to be included on the soundtrack.
What! Too much? You just have to believe more! 😊
A great tale Will, a classic future err, classic 😊

[willweb]

Thanks my friend. All I am interested in are the Licensing rights. So when the action figures are made, I can make a fortune.

[Lorry]

I'll buy them. We don't have real fireflies here, but u have seen them when I was over in Americaneseland 😊

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

So ethereal
Beautiful !
Loved this

And the ending well say no more a happy
Ending living happily for ever after !

Fave verse below

“Since then I’ve cried on this hillside we frolicked,
writing her poetry, words how I feel
Sorrow and sadness in harmonic phrases,
verses my broken heart could not conceal”

I really like this poem !

[willweb]

Thank you so much my friend. I am glad you liked this. I really enjoy writing poetry with happy endings.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Yes
And the imagination here perfect