The Fairy That Keeps Whispering
The fairy that keeps whispering and
the hand that clasps the bee
Fingers open and the swallow
flies to buttercups on the breeze
Yellow faces touched by dew’s breath
nectar of the nebulous night
Bee swallows sweet and tender
honey lips of evanescent stalk
Scent of freesias soften sadness
till swept by winter’s laugh
Cackling in the hollows
frozen fingers clasping grass
But caresses in the morning
veil the stare of moon’s soft grin
Spring flutters on the shadow
through clenching winter’s jaw
And the secret told in darkness
to the fairy and the bee
Takes flight on fairy laughter
and spirals into the breeze.
– S.K.Lindeman