The Moonwort
also Sunshoe Horse
a tiny little soul
likes to grow on heaths
and dunes in open woods
the flow
of energy apparent
feminine it be
ruled by the Moon
from high above
honest
there’s the key
its Powers of Love colossal
half moon shaped leaves
on show
only grows three inches
quite shy
as we now know
its loved by the faeries
alchemists long ago
thought it turned lead into shiny gold
its roots below
moonwort left in
boxes
converts to silver coin
clearly it was sought after
by country folk to join
botanists and witches
and even their old mothers
a fern they say could open locks
or chains on prisoners and
could open shoes on horses
Just with contact it could land
a rider in big trouble
apparently its so
a magickal plant used by the fey
and now more of you know.
Botrychium Lunarina
great in Love Spells
and money spells of all types.
Flowers in June and July
the flower is yellow