Sunday, August 24, 2025

Fairylight by Devi Nina Bingham

I dreamed as a fairylight she came around

In a strange and hazy twilight

Twinkling of stardust and Heaven bound

For she'd died upon that frightful night


They put her in a purple jar

Her ashes I did scatter

Her absence left an ugly scar

My heart comfortless and shattered


She held my hand and called me mother

Amazed, I watched her grow

In a single moment we had lived together

Through every joy and woe


"Your wish to see me whole came true," 

cheerfully she chattered.

"But, I want to go with you,"

And I gripped her as she scattered.


And left me to the world below

where I belong, of toil and strife

For fairies are made of diamonds and gold

And do not belong to this mortal life


My fairylight she came to me

To prove that she is so at peace

And my consolation is the sea

Until she and I again meet. 




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