Lady of the Forest

As I walked into the forest,
That forest I had known as mine,
I was compelled to admire the beauty,
A kind of beauty undisturbed by time.

The trees just grew back their leaves,
Shading the path I had walked so long.
Their rustling echoed an enchanting calling,
And it sounded like an angel's song.

My ears took grasp of that heavenly tune,
And as I walked along towards the sound,
I was filled by the warmth of Spring's first moon,
And it shined a path for me on the ground.

There before me, in open space,
Was a siren of the most enchanted field.
Her eyes held me in endearing grace,
And for this beauty all time did yield.

I grew so near I could feel her skin,
And I grew so close I could taste her lips.
No creature in the forest far within
Could drink from the waters she had sipped.

Then no sooner did I blink from the light
Had that lady disappeared, forever free.
And when I left that forest, land of night,
I knew that forest wasn't really mine;
It belonged to she.