I went to a river deep in a forest
for some solitude and peace
sitting on the bank, I spied
a water fairy rising out of the
water without a single drop on her
surprisingly, I wasn’t frightened
she was too beautiful, too alluring,
to be afraid of
she asked with the sweetest
voice I had ever heard,
“Would you like riches galore?”
and she pulled a wand out of the air
and asked me the question again
you might think I was a fool to say no
and turn down riches galore
but I did, and she asked me two
more times
she drifted away to a man fishing on the
other side of the river, my mind
still blown by her beauty and her voice
I saw her talking to the man and
the man nodding his head, as she
pulled the wand out of the air
I almost regretted not accepting her gift
until she waved her wand and the man
burst into flames, smoke and ashes
in the air
shocked I got up and ran away from
the river, and I was thankful I remembered
a wise wizard’s words …
always be wary of water fairies.
Bob Boyd