Maw spread before me
What could lay beyond that arch?
I take a chance to peer.
And what a sight lays before my eyes,
One of such great beauty!
A garden lush spread in the sun
With eager ivy climbing.
I sat, admiring its beauty
Beneath that great stone arch,
Beautiful as it was to me,
I heard a voice behind me sigh.
"If only there were creatures there,"
the voice moaned, oh-so-sad.
"There'd be a magic there that isn't there.
I'm certain there would be!"
I thought about it, sitting there,
and whole-heartly disagreed.
Can't a garden be beautiful
Without mythic creatures there?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkliquid/3748218677/
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Thanks darkliquid for the picture!
The last two lines are a variation on a quote I read recently: "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
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