They wove the curtained tapestry from centuries of hopes and dreams, and from billions of flower petals and puffy dandelion seeds blown into the wind.
They watered it with the misty breaths of “love me, love me not.”
Fed it with the light that emanated from eyes that had found the answer.
Knit it with the gentleness of fingers reaching out to hold.
Paced it with the heartbeats of the young and old.
All that was necessary.
The best of humans.
And it rose.
A cathedral of magnificence.
Delicate but strong.
Made with magic.
Laced with stories.
Wrought by fairies.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt: © Liz Young
Na'ama Yehuda 
That was an enjoyable writing. 🙂
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T’was, indeed! It was!!!! 🙂
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I liked the misty breaths
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🙂 Glad you liked it! It made me think of a child I saw blow left over dandelion heads on a relatively cold late summer night. The breath formed a little cloud against the light from a lamp post. And … that’s the image in my head. … 🙂
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Lovely poem, Na’ama. The tree made me think of a cathedral too.
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Thank you! I remember thinking of cathedrals when I saw these magnificent ficus trees in the jungles of Chiang Mai in Thailand. They are something else!
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Beautiful, especially the opening lines 🙂
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Thanks, Iain! So glad you liked them! 🙂 Happy St. P Day.
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Na’ama Y’kara,
I see fireflies twinkling all around and hear tinkling bells. Magically delicious. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle! 🙂 I bet there are many of those hanging out just for the fairy-juice and magic dust. 🙂
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This is absolutely delightful!
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Thank you, my friend! The fairies gave me a funny look, but I think they’re of the opinion that it is passable … 😀
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Of course, they are! I wasn’t going to play but something came to me during my walk…
‘Scuse me while I go write it! 😉
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Yay! Can’t wait!
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Later than I wanted but done now 😉
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And you did good! 🙂
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And I thank yoiu! MWAH!
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🙂 Me feel dat! 🙂
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Sweet! xoxo
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Beautifully written.
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Thank you, Sandra! I’m so pleased you liked it! 🙂
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Fantastic, in both senses of the word.
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Thank you, ceayr! 🙂 Fantastic is a perfect word for the fair folk! 🙂
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So descriptive, and the last few lines are simply beautiful Na’ama.
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Thank you, Keith! I sure had fun with it, and I’m so delighted it came out well. It is quite a stunning living thing, ficus is, isn’t it? And, yesterday being St. P day, it just had to be something about the Fair Folk … 🙂
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I enjoyed every moment of this!
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Thank you, Susan! I’m so glad you did!
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A beautiful word-picture.
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So glad you liked it, Linda! 🙂
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Some people aren’t keen on fairy construction, but I think they do a pretty good job 🙂
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That is truth. Some people do not like the Fair Folk’s doings, and they do not see the beauty … I do and I’m glad you do, too! 😉
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Patricia! So glad you liked it!
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Beautifully written, Na’ama! Very magical.
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Thank you so much, Brenda! 🙂 I’ll be off to reading others’ offerings soon! 🙂
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Beautiful and poetic. Nice.
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🙂 Thank you! 🙂
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The fairies have powerful magic, just like the story
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Thank you, Michael! Indeed the fairies have SERIOUS magic! 🙂
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Timeless and mysterious the great old tree, lovely.
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Indeed it is a lovely old tree, isn’t it? Now, time is funny for the fairies. They don’t measure it quite as we do … 😉
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Such beautiful imagery. It’s a joy to read. And I like how the fairied sneaked in at the end!
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Thank you! So glad you liked it … and, yeah, them Fair Folk do like to make a sneaky and oft surprising appearance … 😉
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This is absolutely beautiful, Na’ama.
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Thank you, Liz! So it the photo!!! 😉
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I love the poem which grows like that tree. Beautiful cultivation, Na’ama!
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Thank you! You now gave me an idea to ‘centralize’ it … which will visually look like a tree, too! 🙂
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Awesome!
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You get credit for the idea! 🙂
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🙂
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