there go the fairies

Today is the premier of my new ballet, I Didn't Hear You, I Was Away With The Fairies. I've written a poem to coincide with the work. Enjoy.

there go the fairies

it was a story told by someone else

there go the fairies… 

in thought they came and thought

they glowed and desires bloomed and the dust flew up

there go the fairies… 

without disguise the muse whispered 

upon every hour they glowed, 

and desires bloomed and the dust flew up

from flower to flower your voice won 

the silence still there when you've gone

there go the fairies 

my heart skipped

still there when you've gone

our hands bound together and so 

there go the fairies… 

looking back, it was a story told by someone else.

                -Sarah Tallman 2018