The Fairy Encounter

Stories of a fairy fort

That were told around the camp fire

Blazing in the summer nights

Set aflame fear in Dan's heart

Dan was but a boy of nine

Too young to know and too young to question

Overpowered by imagination

Struck with a sense of fascination

Listening to grandpa tell a story

About one scary fairy creature

Who took revenge on some poor soul

That chanced upon it's pixie home

When suddenly there came, as if from nowhere

A spark of light upon the sky

To gently dance upon the trees

Then descend over the fire

The little light circled each, one by one

Grandpa, grandma, father, mom

Eventually to rest upon

The shoulder of sleepy little Dan

Dan stared at it in shock and horror

Awed by sparkling body and wings

Then it whispered in his ear

Telling him to 'come with me'

Suddenly, Dan looked at grandpa

As he said those final words…

'come with me' had said he and not the pixie

It had been but just a dream