The elvin thief of the night and the red gnome's child

My dear elvin thief of the night

I hold your words very tight

you come down in a circle of light

dancing on music

in a forest so bright

then you begin to sing

of your love for me

when you bring me a ring

when I look at you more

my golden-haired thief

it is you I long for

it is you

I adore

when the old elf draws fairies and wings

and turns another page

in his big old book

he draws the red gnome’s child

walking along in the forest wild

wind child, wind child

child of the wind

drum your drum

as you walk along

to the moon gnome’s song

🦋

© Annora Eksteen, 2006

The enchanted forests made impressions on me ... as on lots of kids and people.

Windsor-East, Randburg, 2015