The Moon Fairy (Sapphire Queen) 

 

She came in the form of a Sapphire  Queen

The melancholic fairy of the moon

Her beauty gave her no joy

With the absence of her lover

Tarnishing her bloom

 

In the depths of night

The air would shiver at the haunting

Of her lament

No one could escape the pulsating vibration

Of her grief

 

The earth shuddered to the core

To hear the tormented storm

Of The Sapphire Queen 

Leaving desolate trees

Huddled in tortured piles

Amid the chaos of lost dreams

 

Spent emotions fell upon hilltops

Sending up messages in the mist

To be carried by the stars from her soul

To his

On receipt of this cosmic gift

He arose from his long slumber

 

Soaring through space

To land gently at her studded feet

Hand in hand, the longing lovers reunited

Together they strode to the edge of the shore

Closing earth’s door behind them

Before diving to the ocean floor

 

The earth grew silent

The trees stood tall once more

To gaze upon the mesmerising colours

Bouncing off the surface of the seas

Today the fairy tellers regale folk 

With the legend of the moon fairy

Known as The Sapphire Queen

 

They tell of how the sea softly shimmers

Because moon fairy loves to be seen. 

Clare Kinnaird, 2024.