“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.” ― Neil Gaiman

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Dryad

photo by Rosie Hardy
Come to the forest
Come when your heart is as full as the moon
and your desire blazes like a shooting star
Do not fear the sentries;
 they observe your entry
but ignore trespass
when intent is pure
Search out the message that I have written for you
in the trivialities of veins in the leaves
Read its significance
with your fingertips
You have always touched wood
wishing
I am waiting 
with your answer.

14 comments:

Mary said...

Ah, this is mysteriously wonderful. You have me wanting to know the answer!

Fireblossom said...

That's sweet. I like that.

Brian Miller said...

oo there is magic in this...love the message in the veins of the leaves....tactile...magical....love it mouse...

Mary Mansfield said...

I love the sense of magic you've created in this poem! What a beautiful daydream indeed...thanks so much for sharing this with us over at Poetry Jam this week.

Mynx said...

Just lovely, such magical imagery

Grace said...

I like the use of the forest as a metaphor for those places where we can find the answers we are seeking for ~

Lovely share ~

Dave King said...

Splendid! Love it! Bravo!

Helen said...

'Come to the forest' ... I journeyed to daydreamland when I saw those words, this is lovely.

Buddah Moskowitz said...

Liked the mystery of this. Thanks.

Loredana Donovan said...

Very mysterious! I'd like to know what the message said. :) A magical poem :)

Laurie Kolp said...

Magical indeed!

Margaret said...

The opening lines I imagine being carried on the breeze and whispering into her ear... :)

Hannah said...

Lola!!! I love what you've offered here...love reading those veins in leaves...and your cosmos opening is stunning!!

ccchampagne.com said...

I enjoyed this one very much... It feels like the beginning of something really magic - I've always been deeply fascinated by forests!