The Pearls of Catharsis Times Issue 03, Feb 2017 | Page 53

Meadow

Out in the meadow , on a sunny sumptuous day , lay clandestine lovers , hand in hand , under the rouncival maple tree ;

Butterflies around them , fluttering wings of pink and blue materializing from her hand , while he regulates , the blowing wind that surrounds ;

There ’ s magic within , and magic without . Yet love , and only love is the magic which filled them throughout .

-Sherry Verma

Her angelic laughter , and his buoyant warmth , retains the bent to settle even the most desolated spirits .

The horseman ’ s son , the king ’ s daughter . A forbidden union , actualized against perfect odds ;

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