The Faerie I Called "One"

One night as I lay sleeping, peacefully serene.
I awakened to a scratching at my bedroom's window screen.
I wiped the sleep out from my eyes, and cautiously arose.
Who or What? I asked myself, as I reached out for my robe.

I crept ever closer to the sound upon my ear.
My soul sent a shiver, to stab my heart with fear.
I peeked behind the curtain, the window dark with night.
My eyes all but blinded, my feet prepared for flight.

As if by magic,a light it did appear.
What first was just a flicker, became brightly clear.
A drop of liquid gold, brightly shining as the sun.
Within that gilded halo was the fairy I'll call "One"

Her wings were but a whisper like the finest silver thread.
She wore a wreath of moon flowers upon her silken head.
A dress of violet gossamer clothed her tiny form.
Little purple fox bells on her feet were worn.

Her skin glistened like the morning dew, her eyes an emerald green.
Her lips the color of berries so deep they seemed to gleam.
Her hair a luscious honey, it must have fooled the bees.
The strands so long and flowing fell down unto her knees.

She spoke in a whisper, I leaned so I could hear.
So softly had she spoken, her words to me unclear
The next I knew faerie dust was all that I could see.
I looked at One and to my surprise, she was the size of me!!

She said, "I've come to take you, to a place that faeries go."
I am your faerie, and you have a troubled soul.
This life that you have battled, alone and long ago.
Your heart did not recover, it is broken and waxing cold.

She reached her hand to grasp with mine, her emerald eyes aglow.
Before me lay a story she knew that I would know.
How cold, and dark, and lonely the path before me seemed.
I saw a child familiar, that little girl was me.

I saw the child reach out, to summon someone near.
The expectant look upon her face, her love so very clear.
Then I saw her eyes grow dim, disappointment in their depths.
Tiny arms fell by her side as she realized she was left.

I turned to face the faerie, so bitter was this surprise.
But I saw only sadness when I looked into her eyes.
She asked, "Do you recall this memory, from many years ago?"
"Does it amaze you, these things that I would know?

"All the steps you've taken, I was there right by your side."
We may never have an answer, for all the tears we've cried.
There's wisdom in our travels, along with each a choice.
We can harbor all anger, and let it still our voice.

Knowledge is a precious thing, however it is so.
Our struggles are the stepping stones, which allows us to grow.
Choices made by others, we wish to place the blame.
The truth I see, within most hearts, is called another name.

The frozen polar regions are not as cold as you.
You fault the higher power, for all that you've been through.
I came within the darkest night, just before the dawn.
To try and turn you from the path that you tread upon.

The Maker he has loved you, since before you were born.
His name you did not utter, even when your heart was torn.
Never were you forsaken, nor did He turn away.
Not when your heart was hardened, not when you went astray.

Did you truly think you made it, by your own design?
Unmindful of the blessings you were given at the time?
Consider the tribulations, did you not come through them well?
Or were you busy with self-pity and your own inflicted hell?

I listened with a heavy heart to this faerie I called "ONE"
Tears of sorrow coursed my checks, at the deeds that I had done.
I felt the cold earth greet me, as I fell down to my knees.
The tragedy in the knowing, I was guilty as I could be.

My life wasn't easy, this much I knew was true.
Bitterness and envy I had used to see it through.
No "milk of human kindness", within me could be found.
The shame within my darkened heart, excruciatingly profound.

I raised my eyes so I could see what my fate would be.
My eyes met with the ceiling, in my room, over me.
I could not believe the scenery of my bedroom bright and warm.
My heartbeat pounding in my ears I was safe within the norm.

I knew within that moment exactly what to do.
Kneeling down beside my bed, I started life anew.
I asked God's forgiveness for all that I had done.
And would be forever thankful for the faerie I called "ONE".