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DANCE IN THE STARLIGHT

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Standing still as time passes me by,
I wait for azure to turn to ebony sky
For when the breeze shifts from sea to land,
I will lift my feet from their place in the sand.

I will run against the swift dusk breeze
Into the midst of the towering trees
And the life I breathe and the death I abhor
Will folloW my foosteps on the forest floor.

Run I will through the barricades of bark
As silence and stillness will continue to hark
Like the whisper of my long lost muse
For me to come there, I will not refuse!

For the wounds of my face can never heal
But my beauty beneath, the dark will reveal.
Though I am bound to sadness, far from grace
Free I will be in the night's gentle embrace.

I will reach the heart of the leafy intricacy
Where starlight floods down from broken canopy.
There I will, like a flower in May,
Unfurl myself from my grief in my day.

I will sway my arms, as do blades of grass
Under the mercy of everyday winds that pass.
However tired my feet, I'll step back and forth
Upon the firm but soothing forest earth.

Time will dictate the cadence of my dance.
Everything will move in a clockwork trance.
As the owl will watch, the foxes will stop
And join me in every skip and hop.

As I whirl, my tears will turn into mist
And be spun at every turn of my wrist
Into a veil to drape me and in its embrace
Relieve my soul from pain's every trace.

The stars will shift to the beat of the night
As I will dance away my sorrow and my fright
But every dark night the dawn will cut like a knife
To let me live again in my unending strife.

Standing still as time passes me by,
I wait for azure to turn to ebony sky
For when the night comes to hide my scars,
I will take my place amidst the stars!

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THE RING IN THE LAKE

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Sky on earth, moon on ground
Star on surface tells of the drowned
Yet the night makes no sound
The lake speaks of stillness around.

Yet the man stood unbowed,
A brave heart beating proud.
Though the dead silence rings loud
From a once scenice, now fouled,
Lake where the living are not allowed.

Sky on earth, moon on ground
Star on surface tells of the drowned
In the lake where death stays bound
To the ring that enchantments surround.

Yet the dirt path the man trod
Closer to the lake his feet he'd prod,
Wading them in the flesh-laden mud
In quest for the ring covered in blood,
Killing people as does a flood.

Sky on earth, moon on ground
Star on surface is the ring of the drowned
Though the deadly lure stays bound,
The man of light is still not downed.

As into the lake the man submerged,
The chill into his spine had surged.
As fair skin and dark water merged,
Deeper into the lake he lurced.
The dead-filled water he swam and searched.

Sky above, moon in sky
Stars in heavens watched him try
To fulfill his journey even if he'd die
And drown in the lake without a cry.

And underneath him came a sight
A vision of gold and much delight
Yet the brave man of light,
Beautiful to have as it might,
Knows the curse of the night.

Sky on earth, moon on ground
Star on surface of the cursed and drowned
Vain is the lure of gold still bound
As the man remains unbowed.

At last the glitter of the ring was seen
By the man who was no doubt keen
And with a heart pure and clean,
The spirit of light and life within,
Shattered the ring with a force unseen.

Sky on earth, moon on ground
Star on surface is nowhere around
The curse is broken and death unbound
By the man who remained unbowed.

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I call this collection "Collection 1: A Time To Hide"

1. Aegean Naiad

2. Queen of Autumn Leaves

3. Frost Maiden

4. Elusive Dryad

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