" MY SISTERS AND THE FAIRY FOLK "

I hear in the forests most secret places
The flitting of transparent wings
Of enchantments sparkle and social graces
With the music that child-like voices bring...

With cautious study I see in my soft lamplight
Descending from the broad hall and stairs
A whisper followed by feelings that excite
And yet, it was my sisters that sang, "They're there!"..

Do you believe in the wonderment shining?
I remember as a child my sisters hassle
Demanding I follow them with stealth and timing
Into the dark wood where they'd built a fairy castle...

They hid me behind a fallen redwood tree
And as we waited, into that darkness peering
Delighted, as their castle ignited, fairies dancing in front of me
In and out of my heart and mind, sweet music filled the clearing
My sisters had made me a true believer
In that which the eyes cannot see
My Sisters and the Fairy Folk
Had opened me forever,
To a brand new world,
Of endless
Possibilities...

Tony Taylor.  (Chicago)