Step like fairies,
tread the air,
footsteps fine,
like no one’s there.
Cherish earth,
don’t stamp her down,
gentle steps,
caress the ground.
Pity creatures,
underfoot,
do not squash them –
Elephant!
Practice lightly,
as you walk,
silently,
your footsteps talk.
© Fairy Steps 2012
By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Fairy Offering Posy of Harebells to Elsie, the fourth of the photographs of the Cottingley Fairies (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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footsteps do talk,…best to make them quiet as possible
Oh I agree – unfortunately some people seem to make a grand entrance and the whole floor shudders!!!
Of course there are fairies. You just look a little sideways and there they are. Quick, don’t blink, they’re away. Alexandra, my mother brought me up to believe in fairies. How sad to live in a flat, barren world. A heavy handed, foot stopping world that doesn’t have fairies. Virginia
The fairies in my world are naughty and mischievous and sometimes they bite!!
🙂
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Lovely – I do like the fae 🙂
Me too – when they behave themselves 😉
Love this!
Thank you Wendy 🙂
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Ah, beautifully written..but i have to confess the part I loved the most was the wild “Elephant!” one XD
Haha me too! 😀