Fairy Light

Let winter light come.
As fairy light glows.
The world takes a breath.
Watch as it snows.
The elves have gone.
To a land far away.
The beast falls asleep.
Deep in his cave.
A young girl watches.
The shortening of days.
The dragon is flying.
Into the unknown.
The dwarves have abandoned.
Their earthy home.
The tree’s no longer move.
They’re lost in their sleep.
No one will notice.
That they have gone.
They do not know if they will live on.
For most of the humans stopped caring long ago.
We no longer care about what once was.
The fantasy is dyeing in our world of fact.
The creatures of old shall never come back.
We know of them now.
Only by book.
Most care so little they won’t spare a look.
At the pages of those fabled books.
So find a good book.
And open a page.
And remember once more.
The fairy tale ways.

Author's Note

I really hated the way this poem ended. I used the word book too many time for my liking. Other than that I like it. There may be a few grammar mistakes. If there are please be kind and ignore them. I entered this peom in the writing contest last spring and it was published as well.

Reviews

[Mr. Misanthrope]

To be honest, I like your constant reference to books. It gives a cosy feel and highlights the theme of your poem: how all these magical creatures exist in a world which we can create through writing, a fantasy realm to get away from this cruel world.

It reminded me of some poem you'd find in Lord of the Rings, maybe one sung by Treebeard (apart from your mention of trees).

Good poem. Has a 'folklore' aspect about it.

Luke.

[Wildecat]

Very true most people are to concerned with themselves to notice what is going on around them. A total pleasure to read this poem.

[1809 Black Plague Decem..]

to me it reminded me of the one with Tom Cruise, forgot what's its called, but it had everything, fairies, devil, elves, and stuff, a magical world. great poem, mishy

[Kloud_Nine]

I like the message behind this poem, however, there were a few mis-rhymes that just jumped out at me. I don't know if it's intentional or just something else. Over all the poem painted a good message and I enjoyed it. Great job.

[Stephanie]

I love fantasy books, and I have a lot of them in my personal library. I like that you said we know them only by books now, because it's true. Being a grammar person, the few spelling mistakes distracted me a bit, but it was a great piece!

[Danny J.H.]

As a fantasy fan myself i say you are on your way!!