The Fey Are Whispering in This Wind Tonight

"The Fey Are Whispering in This Wind Tonight"

Is that Queen Mab, her wild hair tossed about

her long fingers streaking bits of color across

the sky, is that her court disappearing

out of sight as September turns to October

and the sound of wind through turning leaves

sounds like faerie laughter, or whispers?

Is that a magickal party in progress,

those sparkles on the telephone wire?

No, maybe it's just this day's rain,

decorating leaf, branch, shimmering in

morning light, saying: Something unusual

went here, something fantastic, something

older than shiny costumes in every store,

something that quickens the breath

even as bones tell of cold days coming.

But the child in me still laughs with joy,

unwilling to give in to the stiffness of age,

my hands open to receive whatever the fey

wish to treat me with.

James Stansberry

James is a Seattle writer/cancer warrior/psychic/medium

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