I awoke with a start this morning, thinking I had overslept. There was no alarm bleep, bleep, bleeping. No time for shower, makeup, or coffee, I hurried out the door. The sun was just rising; there was fog in the air. As I closed the door behind me, I heard the tinkle from the deer feeder as it spread the corn upon the ground. I stopped just a moment to inhale the freshness of the day.
The rooster crowing
The cooing of the doves
The tap, tap, tap of the woodpecker
The gobble of the turkeys out near the pond
“You’re late!” echoed in my head and I hurried on my way. My thoughts turned from the beauty around me and to the busyness of the day ahead. I hurried down the sidewalk, when out of the corner of my eye; I saw a flutter of color rise. It rose quickly from the moist, green grass to the safety of the tree.
A bird, I thought and stopped to see. But much to my surprise it was not. From the corner of my I could see, not a brightly colored bird, but a fairy! When my eyes shifted directly to the tree, she faded away. Yet when I did not look directly, there she was again.
No bigger than a wren, she perched upon the limb.
Golden hair spilling down her shoulders
A mimosa bloom skirt
A yellow rose petal bodice
And tiny bare feet
Astonished, I could not move.
So dainty,
So tiny,
So exquisite
I whispered, “I see you.”
She replied, “I know.”
“Enjoy your day.”
And I went on my way.