Wednesday, 30 March 2016

The Ballad of Alice Bellringer



The crystal catches the last of the evening light
and gently kisses you on the face with a rainbow 
Softly fading to nothing as the clouds come 
leaving a memory of the fleeting beauty of the sun 
The autumn leaf that falls from the tree 
Sacrificed itself to the crunch under your shoe 
I heard it did so willingly
Even the spider weaves her web 
In the coldest of places, so that frost diamonds 
gleam for you in the morning 
before they melt away to nourish the plants 
in the frozen soil of your wilderness 
Flowers bloom with jewelled colour
among the canopy of shelter, like faerie lights 
The heady perfume of jasmine will bathe you 
as you walk upon the land

Alysa Blackwood-Bevan 2016 
(*Picture credit Promotional: Eidolon of Blossoms)

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