I dance with the fairies,
I play in the stars,
I jump from rainbows,
I gaze from afar,
At the wishes and dreams,
Of an innocent mind,
I long for the youth,
I once had so blind,
When I couldn’t see danger,
I couldn’t see bad,
In the people around me,
I could never be mad,
In love with love,
On a cloud far away,
My youth was a place,
In my life story play.
I danced with the fairies,
I played in the stars,
I hurt myself jumping,
From rainbows afar,
The wishes and dreams,
Of an innocent mind,
The pain in my youth,
I once had was blind.
Danger surrounded,
Bad people lurked,
My love always died,
While the demons did smirk,
The clouds far away,
Where I lived in my head,
Turned heavy and grey,
Leaving innocence dead.
I dance with the fairies,
Escape to the stars,
The rainbows they strike me,
With arrows so sharp,
My colourful mind,
Wise and adept,
No longer lives,
In the clouds where I wept.
But stronger I am,
For experience past,
May fairies keep dancing,
In the shadows I cast.
Image: Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing c.1786 by William Blake, see here:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-oberon-titania-and-puck-with-fairies-dancing-n02686
