these       citizens of folk and lore

magic      creatures of deja vu, their-            

lands       may shift, yet they prevail

whisper   their truths, in fairy tales

     dragon, werewolf, siren, hydra

different authors, different artists

and yet they’re seen in all magic lands

        let’s take the timeless mermaid

here flowing hair, there webbed hands

she morphs but does not fade

       griffin, centaur, vampire, cyclops

a lower part of ourselves see truth

in the monsters of our youth

        banshee, fairy, mermaid, ogre

maybe they’re just reflections of our kind

placed in

                 far

                      far away

                                      magic lands

                                      to ease the mind