Magical Mystery

by Sharon L Shute

Art by Valerie Briggs

By day I am a shadow that hides in the light,

By darkness a moonbeam that dances the night,

I am the spirit that runs with the Moon,

From Spring Time to harvest, in time with Earth's tune

I am the spirit of fresh greening fields,

I grow with the year till her harvest she yields

I am the last sheaf bound up with the corn,

The spirit of Earth, forever reborn

I am a shape changer, I change like the year

I fly as the Owl and I run as the Deer

The eggs of the Lapwing are left in my care,

For I am the Mystery and Magic, I am the Hare

So, if you should seek me lying close in my form,

I will run through your dreams from darkness till dawn.