Land of Fairies
Alone on the shoreline
in the land of the fairies
where there is no light
and only darkness
a young fairy cries
her blond hair
braided back
her wings frail and translucent
her clothes light and white
She finds a pebble on the shore
the clouds swoop in
the rain falls
the tears drip
onto the pebble
And then, suddenly
cupped in her hand
where the little stone was
there was a spot of light
like a drop of the sun
but she was a selfish little girl
and she hid the light
instead of sharing it's gift
with the rest of the land
And as she grew older
she visited the precious light
alone on the shoreline
giving her hope and joy
while the other fairies
were submerged in darkness
She held it in her hand
and she kept it close
and forgot all about sharing
and forgot the other fairies
as she basked in the warmth
of the gift of the clouds
And then one day
another fairy found the sunlight
while walking along the coast
and she was dazzled by it
and brought it to the queen
who wished to share it with all
but the fairy cloaked in white
refused to relinquish the light
to the world of the fairies
so the queen gave the light back
but not before taking a piece
and then returning the spot of hope
to the selfish fairy
Every day
the fairy went to the light
and coveted it
keeping it hidden
on the shoreline
once more
And every day
the queen sent one of her servants
to steal a tiny sliver of the light
and the queen saved every piece
kept them separate to grow
But one day
the selfish fairy looked for her light
and there was nothing left
and she stormed the palace
angry with the queen
for taking the light from her
The queen showed the fairy
the lights she had grown
and then she opened a bottle
and let one go
But the fairy was crafty
and she broke all the jars
and all the lights floated to the heavens
to become the stars
and the queen cursed the fairy
to live alone
with the light
she had loved so much
and so the fairy became the moon
shining down on the land of the fairies
but when the queen realized
that the fairy could wreak havoc on the world
from where she was
The queen became the sun
taking the first piece of precious light
that she had taken by herself
and she chased the fairy out of the kingdom
every day
for eternity
and so the queen and the fairy
both loved the light
and lived up there forever
with a dreamlike joy
gifting the world with sun
the moon
and the hundreds of stars
~~~
First place in the contest: Land of the Fairies
Copyright © Marie Viloria | Year Posted 2011
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