Sparrow~

Sparrow came from the thicket

he wore a mask of jewels and hummingbird feathers

his eyes were twin moons

his beak

a golden blade

curved over the edge of hope

 

She curled his tethers around her goldilocks

and dipped deep

to curtsy into the moment

of flight

to be taken into the sugar glazed world

outside the fey liquids

of redemption

 

"Sparrow," she said,

"I am human and that will never change."

 

Sparrow opened his beak

and ate the marzipan swans off her plate of jade

his feathers fell to the ground

his moon eyes turned island colors

and he fell out of the sparrow

into a boy

 

"That's all right", sparrow said to the girl,

"I will be a human for you."

 

The girl smiled rose lips of blush

slipped the glass slippers from her feet

and loosened all the curls from her updo

 

Sparrow called the Arabian carpet from the clouds

unwound each thread

and reshaped it into a stallion

 

Sparrow and the girl

rode out of the fairy tale

to dream up their own

 

~Pan played his lute

and thumped his hooves against the earth

in approval~

 

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Reviews

[Cherrie Palmer]

what a wonderful fabel

[luciddreamer]

amazing :)

[FireWoman]

Love is love is love, no boundaries only possibilities, lovely~

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Escapism into an escape of its own. Love this! Particularly:

"his beak
a golden blade
curved over the edge of hope"

Linda Marie

[Jonathan De Elvira]

Wow!!
This was so unique!!
I've never read something like this before..
Now I'm regretting not reading it earlier...
Well done Selene!!

[Hellslastwarrior]

hahaha liked the way its a fairy tale that is "aware" its in a fairy tale and they get out so they can make their own. It's really nice and got alot of sweet kind natured thought in.
Ted give 100 :P

[Ramiz Ilham Khan]

Its soothing, such a warm poem :-)

[Ni1408]

Such a fairytale write!

[My Fair Lady]

I love this beautiful tale, I agree that it is like a bedtime story.

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

Wow what an amazing journey this poem took me on. It read like a beautiful fantastic whimsical fairy tale. the imagery here was outstanding. this is an outstanding write. you are my muse. you inspire me with your profound writing skills