{"id":4008,"date":"2012-12-04T09:04:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T09:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2012-12-04T09:05:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T09:05:28","slug":"4008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/4008\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the sky had islands<br \/>\nof cloud now in the blue<br \/>\ncoal black shadows moving in<br \/>\nas through the Beech, I view<br \/>\nsnow fairies getting ready<br \/>\nto paint the plants<br \/>\nthat grow<br \/>\nthe wind has dropped<br \/>\ndramatically<br \/>\nfor Jack is in the know<br \/>\nhis time has come<br \/>\nhe&#8217;s ready, with his army<br \/>\nand they must<br \/>\nget out there<br \/>\nwith all the frost<br \/>\nand everywhere just dust<br \/>\nfor this is what they<br \/>\ndo<br \/>\nit is essential for it does<br \/>\nkill off bugs and plant<br \/>\ndisease<br \/>\nand create a buzz<br \/>\namongst the faerie people<br \/>\nwho otherwise might be<br \/>\nlost in the vile sickness<br \/>\nthat can kill them instantly<br \/>\nat this time faeries are at risk<br \/>\nthe cold can make them low<br \/>\nand if there&#8217;s sleet<br \/>\ntheir tiny feet<br \/>\nturn blue<br \/>\nand every toe<br \/>\ncan crack which is just<br \/>\nawful<br \/>\nand very painful too<br \/>\nyou might ask how<br \/>\nI know these things<br \/>\nwell I&#8217;m a forest boy<br \/>\nI go there almost every day<br \/>\nfor there I do find joy<br \/>\namongst the trees<br \/>\ntheir energy<br \/>\ntheir spirit<br \/>\nand their soul<br \/>\nand quietly wandering<br \/>\nin their midst<br \/>\nI understand their role<br \/>\nthe early morning hoo har<br \/>\namongst the fairy rings<br \/>\nwhere spiders leave their<br \/>\nsilky webs<br \/>\nand  the puff ball dust cloud<br \/>\nbrings<br \/>\na sense of true creation<br \/>\nwander there and feel<br \/>\nopen up your eyes and ears<br \/>\nand realise how real<br \/>\nthe faerie world is, actually<br \/>\nbehold, its there, and we<br \/>\nmust believe for when we do<br \/>\nthen we begin to see<br \/>\nI met a women years ago<br \/>\nwho walked the forest floor<br \/>\nwho knew so much about<br \/>\nthe faeries<br \/>\nand told me how sure<br \/>\nshe was that, we together<br \/>\ncould help them, and so I<br \/>\nhave always walked more gently<br \/>\nand have seen  so many fly<br \/>\nat ley lines, and where radiation<br \/>\nflows out of the earth<br \/>\nits there we find the tiny one&#8217;s<br \/>\nfor they all know the worth<br \/>\nof tree root cities, old felled trees<br \/>\nand mycellium malls, aware<br \/>\nthe goblins and the elves<br \/>\nprovide security right there<br \/>\nIn the forest I still see her<br \/>\nshe&#8217;s my Goddess, and I know<br \/>\nthat so much of the knowledge<br \/>\nis down to her, I grow<br \/>\ncloser to her and the earth<br \/>\nwith every passing day<br \/>\nher cottage is down a dark lane<br \/>\nwith a tree trunk in the way<br \/>\nI follow her and stay with her<br \/>\nwhen she wants me too<br \/>\nfor I am in love with everything she does<br \/>\nand how I rue<br \/>\nthat she was not my first love<br \/>\nand  that we could live together<br \/>\nby the cauldron share great spells<br \/>\nof clearly finer weather<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>another faerie tale <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/4008\/\">Continue reading <span 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