Amberlight

[Gisèle Elisse Magnin]

The forest was thick

with ribbons and stripes

of pinks and candy reds.

These swirls of vines

and curls of twines

never grew or joined the dead.

 

A snap and a crack

of a venus fly trap

and the shattering crunches of grass

lay strewn in a mass as Amberlight passed

for this forest was forged of glass.

 

Amberlight take flight

with all of your might

and hide in this forest of glass

for the monster is near

and your bones are sheer

and his teeth are strong as brass.

 

A man with a spear 

and eye-patched tear

is coming to save you Light,

so hide for your life

and run from its strife

for your savior is now in sight.

 

Amberlight take flight

with all of your might

and hide in this forest of glass

for the monster is near

and your bones are sheer

and his teeth are strong as brass.

 

Then the monster was speared

and the broken glass cleared

and Light made it safely home.

And the man brought the beast,

now the townspeople’s feast,

and Light never left home alone.