Wedding by the Fae!
The music drifts through my mind
nourishing my senses.
I know the soft Celtic beat
the sound of the strings,
the gentle tone of the piano keys.
In the distance,
A flute
and the soft persistant voice of an angel
Repeating the words, "one day....one day"
heard but not heard.
I feel it in my bones
and as I wake to look around,
I see the fairies open their wings
extending them in the pale moonlight
as the night lilies open.
Fireflies dance around the newly awoken Fae
creating a halo of light among the soft shimmer of gossamer wings.
With each opening beat of their wings,
faerie dust drifts in the wind,
glistening.
Off to chase a child's dreams.
The Fairies turn, rising in the air
in their faerie dance,
One faerie, she stops
she sees a man,
frozen.
The moon dust settling on him
in this untarnished world.
A painful longing coming from him.
In the distance, another faerie sees yet another man
Unmoving in this, their realm.
Sensing the same longing
the same desire her sister can feel far away.
Curious, the two ladies of the Fae
examine the men.
Their slight heart shaped faces tilted quizzically.
Why are they here?
Listening with their hearts, they learn the answer.
Their almond shaped eyes,
shedding tears of liquid moonlight,
for the pain of unrealized love.
In the center of this faerie realm, is a platform.
It is a place of union. A place for the lost to find each other.
To come together and stand as one.
The fairies know what they must do
for they cannot bear the pain of this dual longing.
Yet the men are far apart.
Immobile.
With a joyous sense of purpose,
the fairies fly to the two men,
and with a single touch,
they wake from their emotion filled slumber.
Their eyes opening with wonder at the scene around them.
Groggy and unsure,
they stare at the beautiful creatures of myth before them.
Joyfully the fairies giggle.
The Fae hold out their hands,
Each man takes hold and in a euphoric glaze,
Leading them gently forward,
the mens eye's never leave these creatures of fantasy.
Onward they follow
through the garden that none can see but them.
Blindly following the beauty of the impossible
and so the fairies bring them both to the platform.
Once there,
the fairies whirl in excitement,
flying in circles around the two men .
The mens heads swivel
as they try to follow the brilliant streams of light
made by the fairies flight.
Faster and faster until they can no longer see the fairies
but only a glow.
Dizzy ,
they both look forward
and at last,
they see each other.
There is no longer a feeling of being lost
or alone coming from either man.
Each has found the one that they sought..
The longing subsides and in it's place
is an overwhelming warmth.
Peace.
Happiness.
And it is at this point
The fairies know they have done what needed to be done.
They release the men from this beautiful dreamlike world
and as the two men look into their saviors eyes,
they hear a single sweet thought.
just a word but one with love and meaning
"REMEMBER".
The beauty and splendor of that magical place fades.
As the colors of our world come into focus,
It is replaced with a train platform.
It is empty
but for the two strangers
who seem to be shaking themselves out of a dream.
The men stare at each other with recognition
and with a sense of incredulity
they smile at each other
and both mouth the word
REMEMBER.
Eric Hodgson 9/21/2011
nourishing my senses.
I know the soft Celtic beat
the sound of the strings,
the gentle tone of the piano keys.
In the distance,
A flute
and the soft persistant voice of an angel
Repeating the words, "one day....one day"
heard but not heard.
I feel it in my bones
and as I wake to look around,
I see the fairies open their wings
extending them in the pale moonlight
as the night lilies open.
Fireflies dance around the newly awoken Fae
creating a halo of light among the soft shimmer of gossamer wings.
With each opening beat of their wings,
faerie dust drifts in the wind,
glistening.
Off to chase a child's dreams.
The Fairies turn, rising in the air
in their faerie dance,
One faerie, she stops
she sees a man,
frozen.
The moon dust settling on him
in this untarnished world.
A painful longing coming from him.
In the distance, another faerie sees yet another man
Unmoving in this, their realm.
Sensing the same longing
the same desire her sister can feel far away.
Curious, the two ladies of the Fae
examine the men.
Their slight heart shaped faces tilted quizzically.
Why are they here?
Listening with their hearts, they learn the answer.
Their almond shaped eyes,
shedding tears of liquid moonlight,
for the pain of unrealized love.
In the center of this faerie realm, is a platform.
It is a place of union. A place for the lost to find each other.
To come together and stand as one.
The fairies know what they must do
for they cannot bear the pain of this dual longing.
Yet the men are far apart.
Immobile.
With a joyous sense of purpose,
the fairies fly to the two men,
and with a single touch,
they wake from their emotion filled slumber.
Their eyes opening with wonder at the scene around them.
Groggy and unsure,
they stare at the beautiful creatures of myth before them.
Joyfully the fairies giggle.
The Fae hold out their hands,
Each man takes hold and in a euphoric glaze,
Leading them gently forward,
the mens eye's never leave these creatures of fantasy.
Onward they follow
through the garden that none can see but them.
Blindly following the beauty of the impossible
and so the fairies bring them both to the platform.
Once there,
the fairies whirl in excitement,
flying in circles around the two men .
The mens heads swivel
as they try to follow the brilliant streams of light
made by the fairies flight.
Faster and faster until they can no longer see the fairies
but only a glow.
Dizzy ,
they both look forward
and at last,
they see each other.
There is no longer a feeling of being lost
or alone coming from either man.
Each has found the one that they sought..
The longing subsides and in it's place
is an overwhelming warmth.
Peace.
Happiness.
And it is at this point
The fairies know they have done what needed to be done.
They release the men from this beautiful dreamlike world
and as the two men look into their saviors eyes,
they hear a single sweet thought.
just a word but one with love and meaning
"REMEMBER".
The beauty and splendor of that magical place fades.
As the colors of our world come into focus,
It is replaced with a train platform.
It is empty
but for the two strangers
who seem to be shaking themselves out of a dream.
The men stare at each other with recognition
and with a sense of incredulity
they smile at each other
and both mouth the word
REMEMBER.
Eric Hodgson 9/21/2011
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