Minstrel of the Water Willow
Elaina J Davidson
- On
- the
- banks
- of
- a
- river,
- a
- boy
- sees
- and
- hears
- a
- girl
- laughing,
- the
- most
- glorious
- music,
- and
- falls
- in
- love.
- Time,
- however,
- is
- not
- the
- same
- for
- them.
- Erin
- is
- human;
- Kell
- is
- something
- other.Kell
- watches
- her
- from
- the
- shadows
- under
- the
- willow
- at
- the
- water’s
- edge,
- refusing
- to
- surrender
- to
- their
- differences.
- For
- Erin
- he
- plays
- the
- most
- beautiful
- music,
- for
- he
- may
- never
- speak
- to
- her
- and
- she
- cannot
- ever
- see
- him.
- Music
- becomes
- their
- words.Love,
- however,
- cannot
- measure
- time.
- The
- minstrel
- maintains
- his
- vigil;
- his
- muse
- listens
- for
- his
- song,
- and
- both
- move
- through
- the
- years
- alone,
- until
- the
- day
- something
- changes …
