All alone i sit absorbing the blissful silence of the woodlands, with not a soul in sight and warm shafts of sunlight filtering down through the canopy of greenery overhead. The only sounds that reach my ears are the gently rustling breeze and distant birds calling lazily to one another.

I gaze into a small pond before me with unseeing eyes, for my mind has drifted away in the solitude, freed by the tranquil surroundings and serenity about me.

Close by, a quiet sigh draws my attention back to the present, quickly followed by another and it is then that i finally see her...

A girl but not a girl, as my eyes drink in her beauty an inner voice tells me that this is not just a girl but a wood nymph.

She sits by the pond only a few yards distant, seemingly unaware of my presence and sorrowfully staring into the still waters with a sad expression on her pretty features and seemingly a heavy heart.

How many minutes or hours i sat there watching her in silence, i do not know but her beauty and sadness held me captive, unable to stir or speak to the wondrous vision before me. Quite literally, i was enchanted by her presence.

And then my dream came to an unwelcome end, for she suddenly turned and looked my way for the first time, her eyes revealing shock and surprise at my proximity. I averted my eyes for just a moment, ashamed because my mortal soul was never intended to gaze upon such natural beauty...

...and when i looked up again, she was gone without a sound and without a trace, once more leaving me alone amongst the hushed woods.

_wood-nymph

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