LOVE SPELL

The witch lived in the woods under a bridge by a busy highway.

I hitched a ride from a truck driver, and thank him graciously

The door creaked and meowed upon entering her home

Amber, indigo, green lights illuminated the rooms

Bottles of tinctures and extracts

Naked lady candles

Mortar and pestles

And the smell of sandalwood and pathchouli pervaded the air

I was marveled at all the little nick nacks that seemed to haunt the place with its magical mysterious charm

Gems in velvet satchets, daggers carved from the barks of thick oak trees

Books on how to cure heart ache, and erase someone from your memory

There seemed to be a remedy for everything

And then out hobbled a little fat lady

With short scraggly grey hair and eyes so silver like moonlight

I could see myself shining in them

She knew I was coming, never said a word

Handed me a long slender purple bottle and shooed me out of the door

I hitched another ride from a driver passing by and demanded he took me to the falls

Again, thanking him graciously

Rocks I stumbled over, scraping my hands and knees

Until I approached a drizzling spring, accompanied by the birds and the bees

I sealed my mouth over the lip of the bottle

And gurgled out "I LOVE YOU!"

There were more rocks to climb, with my heart in glass

The mountain I perched myself upon had legs of water, a place to drop my bottle and contaminate it with my love in all of its purple magical splendor

Drop!

Falling, falling, falling

Splash......

The spell was unleashed, at last

I will not be sleeping alone anymore.