~ Poetry - "Worlds change when eyes meet" ~

Thank you so much, PC. These pictures are a perfect visualisation of that sad scene in the poem. Ahdri, a 'golden' elf herself - maybe THE golden elf, creates a metaphor of a 'golden flower' ...for her friend who was taken by lightning and thunder...too fast...too cruel...an immortal in a mortal body she was, she (her body) could have NEVER survived.

When I am really sad, I like to lighten up my mood with lightness. With drawing a happy person, listening to a happy song, watching a funny comedian...

...reminded me of...PIKE.


In the theatre.
Pike and Prayer.
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Prayer (in a tree costume):
Let's lighten up the mood, shall we, Pike?

Pike (in a huge dreamberry costume):
We shall...

Prayer:
Alright...!

'Do dreamberries love him?
Did he recognize them?
Either way,
We love them - and him!

Always jolly, he carries
A bunch of good stories;
Seize the way?'

Pike:
'Seize DANCE, WINE and DAY!
...Found a dreamberry bush...!
Hooray!'

*he jumps in*

Me:
'There stood Pike,
Now he is...away!
You've just got to meet him
Get carried away
By his dreamseeking
Dreamberry wing...

If you seek fun, you'll win,
If you win, you'll have fun!
Wait a moment...
...Life's just a game?'

Pike:
'Oh no, but my jokes -
They have earned all the fame -
That's the game!
Don't you see? At your laughs I aim!'

Me: 'Hm...'

Pike:
'Was even a tiny berry myself
Despite trolldung, it was my escape!
Wasn't that genius, my friend?
Hey wait, wait! Wasn't my dreamstories' end!'

Me: 'Eww....oh, Pike!'

*Laughing from the audience*

Me:
'One day he may grow old
But his jokes are still gold;
Maybe 'old' is not what it's been told,
'Cause he carries the spirit

Of a happy child,
Yes, that's Pike!
The one in the dreamberry bush,
Full of joyful songs, fun and wild!

Yes, that's Pike!
In the dreamberry bush?
Always Pike!'

Pike: 'Always me!'

Prayer: 'Always Pike!

And now go to sleep,
Kids, goodnight,
Enough stories about good old...

young Pike.'

Pike:
'Wut?'

Me:
'Yes! Growing-old-but-ever-young Pike'

Pike:
'Ha! I guess that's right!'

Aaaah!... Pike...

The most under-estimated character.

Thank you for Dreamberry Pike, PC! *giggles*

Awwww...

Let me thank you, Prayer, by integrating this poem to the thread dedicated to my favourite Elfquest character.

This way, this branch of the Father Tree will grow..
..and many such branches would direly need to grow, by the way...

I thank you, too! Feeling honoured and appreciated.

You introduced this mild, wild child, the mystic so wonderfully in his thread. <3

About the branches in need of growth...I feel the same. So much hidden gems yet to explore in as much different ways and aspects as imaginable and the compassionate reader is willing to share... luckily, Father Tree is patient...like every soul of a tree.

Thank you so much, PC! It's perfect (like comic panels to read even). <3 Winnowill the black snake! Was so well drawn back at Blue Mountain times...

Let me add this to your heartfelt  sad poems, Fairyring. As an illustration, a variation ... a kind of comfort.



Strongbow has lost family - his child and his lifemate - but he stayed himself and on the World of Two Moons. He has overcome sorrow and lives his life - but he'll never forget and sees his two moons whenever he wishes for. *hugs*

Thank you, Embala! The collage...is so wonderful. Strongbow is my favourite male character. You captured his spirit SO WELL <3 Thank you again.

@PC: One of my favourite panels of dreamtime EVER. Thank you so much. I feel the power of that epic couple again.

@Prayer wrote:

One of my favourite panels of dreamtime EVER.

Same here. The symbolic effect is great. And terribly sad.

It was sad foreshadowing indeed.

I remember I was totally amazed by those panels without words. So emotionally drawn...<3. It created a very bittersweet, melancholic atmosphere back then. Still I never thought Elfmom would go that far to use this epic couple and their (regarding their closest bond of sharing their all through sending) unusual struggle to create a dramatic effect in the story.

Aww thank you for adding this heartwarming scene, PC. This couple met in such a sweet but extraordinary way.

SEAWAVES & SUN

My Brill, when I hear the waves
Of the ocean,
I hear your voice
Taste your salty skin.

Oh Sunstream, when I feel sunrays
On my skin
I feel your embrace
Warm like fire.

Let us join...
Soul meets soul
When eyes meet eyes;
Sweet is this time.

The waves are our bed;
The sunrays our candles;
The seawind is our music
And love is our song...