"A-foul Of A Fairy *revised* (A poem)" by Sarah Johanesen

A-foul of a fairy

Be careful never to walk upon,

The fairy swamp full of fairy song -

young one.

The fairy kind,

Plays tricks on the mind,

Deceit entwined - with magic,

They’ll pull and push

you into the slush,

Which makes the merciless bog…

And there you’ll drown,

We’ll not hear a sound,

over that fairy magic a’wound.

Be warned then never to cross the path,

Of a wandering, bored old fey,

For it is they,

who shall commit the fey’s worst crime,

It’ll curse you,

                then watch you,

struggling in its monster’s pit.

       To watch you suffer,

               steal your lover,

while the mind does lose its wit.

Be warned then, for surely ‘tis worse,

If you ran a-foul of a fairy.