Upon Wings

Upon her precious feathered creature's wings
she writes her heart in flutters and tears,
sending the fragile bird aloft
in the middle of the night,
to sail through the darkness and reach her love so far away.

His voice called to her in the middle of a dream,
body ravished by sickness,
near death in his castle
praying her magic and passion has the power to save his life.

How she wept when hearing his words
having traveled to answer another plea,
mother on deathbed across the ocean.

Flying upon the currents of compassion
reaching in time to give her
a golden touch that prevented a mortality's fatal kiss.

Now she stands, shivering in anticipation
too exhausted to soar this eve,
casting a spell of cure on her messenger's frame
giving it the strength to travel with such speed.

Watching it sail off to one who holds her soul,
seeing the vision of his renewal.
Sobbing as she feels the life ebbing in her own body,
trusting to her spirit guardians
that they will rescue her from a final breath.
Happy she could give him more time,
waiting till sunrise to find out
if the ethereal guardians will unite them
or call her to paradise.