Come
rest with me and bide awhile I have a tale to
tell
Of how, upon a day like this, I found the wishing-well
'Twas hidden deep within the forest, far from
prying eyes
Encircled by a leafy grove completing its disguise
I can't explain the feelings that this place
aroused in me
I knew that if I stayed here something special
I would see
I stood astounded, eyes aglow as sunbeams sparkled
through
Within my line of sight and strangely now this
place I knew
A dragon's head of stone adorned this ancient
wishing well
With tail and wings outspread and as upon it
my gaze fell
His eyes were gleaming sapphire holding mine
as if to say
We've waited here so long for you, now please
don't go away
He spoke these words inside my head to say all
was not well
"My lady lies beneath this water, from a sorcerer's
spell
And I can only watch over her, waiting for the
day
When someone comes along to take this darkened
curse away"
What evil had befallen her to warrant such cruel
fate?
Under a wizard's eye she came and realised too
late
The one she loved, who in return loved her with
every breath
Was threatened by the sorcerer in ways far worse
than death
The wizard tried to make her his but she would
not be swayed
No matter how he threatened her, this innocent
young maid
Who wouldn't have the sorcerer for her heart
was clean and pure
And now she's waiting for her love to rescue
her once more
So in my head the dragon told me just what I
should do
To bring him back to life so he could save his
lady too
I closed my eyes and whispered words I never
knew before
Those magic words he said to me this evil curse
would cure
I stood with eyes still closed expecting dragon
breath to feel
Instead a touch so gentle, feather soft and
barely real
Caressed my cheek, and as I looked, before me
standing there
No dragon, but a man with smiling eyes and golden
hair
There at his side a lady, eyes so dark and filled
with love
And as they stood together, came a sound from
up above
The sound of beating dragon wings filled the
air around my head
They smiled at one another and then turned to
me and said
"There
are no words to thank you but we do with heart
and mind
We never thought that anyone this lonely place
would find"
And then with whispered birdsong echoing softly
on the breeze
They turned and walked away and disappeared
into the trees
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The Wishing
Well © Dragonlady/Jill Earlam 2003