This, I thought, goes well with a wonderful piece done by Susan Schroder called Golden Wood Dryad. Check out her amazing work.
A young sapling asked of a near by tree, "What was it the first seedlings saw?""Before we became the forest rulers growing so mighty and tall?"The young tree was aware that the oaken giant lived not in that time long ago.His rings of age gave no hint or clue this only the stones could know.More fable than truth the story was said carried on the winds whispering breeze.Told and retold while coloring the facts reciting from tree to tree.He said, "In those young years the new world was as pure as a child's dream.""The billowing clouds filled a bluer sky, Earth and air was fresh and clean.""Dancing among the green leafy sprigs and making the new woods there home,were winged children who nurtured the new till all had fully grown."The tiny tree then asked, "Where had they gone? I've never seen such things.""How wonderful to have such woodland care takers, these children adorned with wings."Sadly the old tree shook his branches as he told the tales final part."They passed to beyond," He said with shedding leaves brought on by a heavy heart."Curiousity took hold within there wild spirit, one by one each went away.""Was it better ware they went?" The tiny tree asked, "Is that why they didn't stay?"The giant then said, "There fate was sealed for they were innocent right to the core.""When they learned of the world, there innocence was gone and they too for ever more."On the path to maturity some things are gained while others as important are lost.Be careful what you trade for, for that which you seek may not be it's final cost.
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Oh, Thank you! Your poem, the "Rings of Time", is beautifully written. And, yes, it does go well with my Golden Wood Dryad. I don't know if you noticed that there are several tiny fairies and a few other "hidden" images within the picture. |
Ahh, but what the ol' tree didn't say is that many of the faerie druids have stayed, hidden away, to invite those of us with hearts light enough through their hidden portals...
TommyAnd isn't Susan's work terrific? Depicting one of these hidden druids, upon which you could look, only to see the tree... ;^)
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