the sentinels of fairy town

what watches us as we wait

Welcome back to Fairy Town, where only the names are make-believe. All pictures were taken by yours truly over the past couple weeks in Capitol Hill, Seattle aka Fairy Town. Sorry there are so many damn pictures in this post—I seriously have a problem. Thanks for putting up with me.

Welcome back to fairy town,
Where magic sometimes fails, 
And the heart tries to prevail—
Fueled by one last loving gale,
That ever-powerful wind beneath your spirit.

The sentinels who guard the gates 
Embrace you and your holy fate.
They wait and they watch.
They watch and they wait.
Waiting to take you away.

And I know in my gut
Love may not be enough
To keep you tethered here—
One day, you'll slip beyond
The edges of my reach.

Here, where we sit vigil
Even though you’re still alive. 
Here, where we paint sigils 
Underneath the starlit sky.

And we pray to you on high
That love will be enough. 
This time.
This time.

They wait and they watch.
They watch and they wait.
Guardians of the mortal plane,
Longing to whisk you far from pain,
Keeping out the rot and wraiths—like me.

The purples spill over,
Cascading like falls,
The birds sing along—
A harmonious song.
Everything as it should be...
Or is it? 

If life is so peaceful,
Then why does it need protecting?
Even fairies have a sinister streak.

Here in this meadow,
I think of you, my friend—
Caught in a bind,
Made golden with time.

Have you ever seen the trees 
Turn red in the spring? 
Our leafy limbs glowing
With the blood on our hands
And I think of you, my friend,
While the sentinel waits—

I can’t stop noticing all the red leaves around Fairy Town right now. I had no idea there could be so much red in the middle of Spring.

Watching and waiting. 
Waiting and watching. 

Here, where little creatures
Take shelter at the gate,
Where the sentinels watch and wait,
Always towering over.
It isn’t yet their time—
But how I wish that it were mine,
So I could go with you, my friend.

But alas, I never did
Deserve you in the end,
And I can’t forge my own fate
While the sentinels lie in wait.

They watch and they wait.
They wait and they watch.

Please, forget me not—
One day, we’ll meet again
In fairy town...

All my love in fairy town,
Where life must still go on—
Even though I don’t belong
In this meadow filled with song,
And happy dogs who chase the children laughing.

One day, we’ll meet again,
If the sentinels will let me in.
They wait and they watch,
They watch and they wait,
Until my final day,
If I am worthy.

In case you don’t know about fairy town, you can read more about it here:

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