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Do you believe in fairies?

Chapter 23: MT. RIGA ROAD
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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.

MT. RIGA ROAD

If I could draw—
The country lies
A beacon to my pointed pen,
Enticing me to sketch again,
Or paint the colored twilight skies.
If I could play—
I’d harmonize
The babbling brooks in mossy glen
Or sing the whispered words of men
Or wordless songs in misty eyes.
I wish that God had given to me
Expression that real artists show ...
The power to understand and see,
Uplifted by the will to know.
Instead, I write my paltry stint,
Which usually isn’t fit to print.