Do you believe in fairies? that blonde girl asked
l looked to my friend
an expression of surprise
The girl positively chortled with amusement
You know
I am a fairy queen you know
She whispered, leaning in too close
Her breath tickling my ear
And how we believed it!
Long nights spent wishing that we would be whisked away
To fairyland, to paradise
A land where anything could be!
Houses of deliciously colorful hues
Ponies on the crosswalk neigh
Daintily, pawing the ground
Brilliant red sports cars zoom regrettably
Well above the speed limit
The clouds were made of the same stuffs as
cotton candy
teddy bear stuffing and
All the like
With the queen Annabelle reigning
Daintily, perched atop her pastel
Pink throne, her humble subjects kneel
At her feet, kiss her feet
And there I was! Lime green wings and all
Oh, to be a child again
When what we dreamed simply was
I could’ve sworn that last blissful night of that
winter, I
half-asleep
Spied a sandal
escaping out the open window
Had she been there?
Guiding me to fairyland with her clementine wings
Had it really been just a dream?