Do you believe in fairies?

Chapter 14: RAIN IN THE CITY AT NIGHT

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About This Book

A collection of short fantasies and lyrical poems written with a childlike eye, presenting whimsical encounters with fairies, goblins, and other small marvels set against ordinary streets and countryside. Narrative vignettes follow children and curious adults into secret glades, enchanted stones, and musical charms, while interleaved rhymes, ballades, and reflective sketches touch on adolescence, religion, city nights, and domestic humor. The pieces blend playful imagination with mild melancholy and moral observation, inviting readers to rediscover wonder in commonplace scenes through concise storylets and musical verse.

RAIN IN THE CITY AT NIGHT

The streets are black.

They shine.

And every light,

From lamp-post and from store,

Makes a golden path

Across the street.

Drops of rain

Spatter,

And trickle down

The glowing window panes.

Red and yellow,

With silver frosting.

That’s all that I can see

In the windows.