Bird As Fish

She gazes over water here
As dusk in sky appears so clear
And falls down over forest pond
She is here; day is gone.

The sky is still a little lit
With the sun that here now sits
Under trees but still in sky
It is falling. By and by,

The girl she moves, quiet, still
As o'er the raven flies so shrill
She pays no mind but still keeps on
Looking in the forest pond.

Then quietly, when the moon's come up
She gathers skirts and stands straight up
From bare back, 'neath long hair
Something starts to grow from there.

Pale but shining in the moon
Wings appearing from the gloom
They dance a little - fairy spite
To mock the darkness, coming night.

She spreads her wings and flies away
Across the water and starts to play
With sisters as they skip away,
Together keep the night at bay.

Midnight comes and long is gone
Darkest night soon greets the dawn
As beside the forest pond
Unwing'd fairy then walks on

To husband and a waiting child
Who know not where she's gone the while,
Who've never seen her fairy wings
And know not of her kinsmen kings.