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VxPoem ID: 23908
Category:
myth_legend
Posted: August 25th. 2006 6:12:26 PM
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Death's Naiad
by Grainne Maitland
Age Group: Adult
As I wandered 'cross the moors one night
I lost myself in thought
and hap'd upon a river
deep and wide that I knew not.
Amongst the reeds and brambles
on the banks of that strange place
there skipped and played a child small
with near-unnatural grace.
Her smile was bright and her voice was clear
as she sang for music's sake
and in her hand - a nosegay formed
with blossoms of Heavenly make.
"Little maid, " said I,
"with thy posy in hand,
whither grow such blooms?"
"'Twixt bells and chimes
and nursery rhymes,
'mongst thralling Faerie tunes."
"Little maid, " asked I,
"by the dark water's edge,
how came thee by such flow'rs?"
"I' the wood I played
and came upon
the magic Faerie bow'r."
"Little maid, " I pled,
"with the moon in thine eye,
wilt thou lead me to this place?"
"Alas, I fear
my mem'ry fails -
the path I cannot trace."
"Little maid, " I cried,
"by the glistening falls,
might I find it on mine own?"
"Though far ye look
and wide ye seek,
that grove ye'll ne'er know."
"Little maid, " asked I,
"with thy smile so sharp,
pray tell, why say you this?"
"Much we see
and much we know
who have felt the Faerie kiss."
"Little maid, " said I,
"by the River Styx,
what means thy cryptic verse?"
"I have seen
what you may not
and for it I am cursed.
Bound am I
to capture all
who wander this fey heath
And carry them
with trembling hand
'cross river's pull - to Death!"
O, how I struggled
and how I ran
but always she was there,
with eyes of ice
and marble skin
and garlands in her hair.
Then came the time -
I finally fell,
and, weary to the soul,
I turned and sighed
and whispered softly,
"Come, and let us go."
She took my hand
without a word
and onward did we sail
on ferry black and ghostly
through the deadly river's wail.
In gloomy mists
I stood alone
on Death's deserted shore
and ne'er again
saw I the child
from yonder lonely moor.
Soon did I find
beyond the haze
a forest vast and fair,
and ever since,
and evermore,
I gaily wander here.
For ne'er again
shall I see the child
or yonder lonely moor.
Author's Notes: This came to me in the middle of the night in about mid-June or early July.
It was almost like someone else was writing it. The verses just wrote themselves on the paper.
Author's Location: Mesa, Arizona
More Poems: Grainne Maitland has posted 2 additional poems- View them?
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