We Are the Hamadryad

We Are the Hamadryad


We are inside
our tree
Looking out
Through the leaves

We are sprites
of the Hamadryad line
We are of the Earth divine

Earth angels and devas
Are we
Our messenger is the Bee.

Bees live inside us
We are the guardians
Of the sacred nectar
Light-filled elixir of the gods

We shelter the animals
And protect the ground from erosion
We give homes to the birds
We give oxygen to the world
Protect butterflies from the rain

We are the Hamadryad
Tree sprites, too
We are tree faeries,
We speak to you
Through the trees
Branches
And leaves

In the sun's light
We live
Capture us in your camera,
If you can

For now,
Though,
We must go

It is dusk
Back to the tree,
We must
Go

Our time draws nigh
But we shall not die

Even if this tree,
Out great home,
Shall be cut down

We will fly away
Into the dark night
Our light sparks
Leading us home

To our sky tree
When our earth tree
is no more.

Darlene Michelle McPeek
Copyright July 2017
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