fairy butterfly

Fae Christie
by Molly Harrison

 

 They may take strange
Forms, but never say
They can't be seen -
Only they have a way
Of rearranging things,
Of fitting together
Cold lily-silver
Bodies and dark-netted
Dragonfly wings,

A way of using roses
For faces, dew-
Globes for eyes, and
Spider-silks for hair --
Even their clothing of
Faint moonlight is no
Disguise, but just
The common fashion
All the garden wears.

--Valerie Worth