Fairies of the Forest 2/13/14

The Fairies of the Forest are never silent.
With these fairies of the Forest I am not alone.

Dancing incandescently through yellow and blues
they breathe together with the cackling leaves.

They hum
               if you listen.
They chant
               if you listen.
They sing
               if you listen.
They scream.

Painful. Powerful. Inaudible.
The Earth trembles when one crashes to the ground.
Do you feel it?
The ocean weeps when one breathes its last.
Do you see it?

A butterfly with a broken wing still flies.

The scream of the butterfly.
       Have you heard it?

                   I have.