Walking down the wooded path
A sparkle ‘neath a tree
Captures my attention –
A forest sprite I see!
Lounging on a lily pad
Adrift upon a pool,
A tiny fairy suns herself
By waters clear and cool;
She seems to be asleeping,
So still her form does lie,
Yet I detect a whisper
As I quietly pass by;
‘Come close that I may see you,
For secrets I’ve to tell’ –
She spoke to me so softly
Like the tinkling of a bell;
”Tis magic that I offer,
I’m equal to the task –
I shall grant you one fine wish,
You’ve only but to ask’;
‘Then I shall ask for wisdom
To help me find my way,
To open up my mind and let
My spirit out to play’;
Then with a tiny giggle
She fluttered all around,
And all the answers came to me
Without a single sound;
My mind had been awakened
As if by lightning speed,
And with her little magic spell
My spirit had been freed;
Now to this day I wonder
Just how this came to be,
To come upon a forest sprite
While walking ‘neath the trees
In some enchanted forest,
This day a spell was cast –
My heart was touched by magic
Forever may it last.
