Dragons and Fairies
Once long ago, in a forgotten land,
people believed in dragons and fairies.
And some folks claimed to have seen them firsthand
while out picking mushrooms or blueberries;
we were friends back then, not adversaries;
they were considered contemporaries.
It's said that fairies and dragons were kin,
should you spot one, the other was nearby.
They both loved the sounds of a mandolin
and somehow magically learned to fly;
often zipping across the open sky
quick as you please, in the wink of an eye.
But jealous villagers hunted them down,
and dragons and fairies often got slain.
Where the forest once grew, folks built a town
and then sowed open meadows with their grain.
Both dragons and fairies feared Man's disdain,
learning never to trust humans again.
Were they creatures of imagination,
or were they once part of God's creation?
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2021
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