A Stranger Seeks Fairyland

It was whispered all through the fairylands

That one was coming who was not of them,

But who would walk among them in their tiny realms.

And panic gripped their little hearts

So that they covered all their houses of dreams,

Hid away their birds of happiness,

Locked away their rainbow treasures,

Camouflaged their every delight,

Built their fortresses of invisibility.

Throughout the wispy empires

Was stillness, absolute, profound.

From a distance

Came the wind of the invader’s breath

Like a whirling cyclone

And the weight of the alien’s step

Startled the ground

And filled their hearts with fear.

As the tempest came nearer,

It grew in fury

Yet they kept the silence

Till at last the other left their realms.

Then off came the mantles of gloom

And the tinkle of fairy laughter

Rose high on the winds

Far from their fairy palaces,

Thundered a voice

To fall on a multitude waiting:

“These creatures are non-existent,

Figments of the imagination only.

They dwell within our minds.

I spoke so softly,

Tread so lightly.

I saw nothing. Nothing.”

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