Pond of Love

I gaze out my window and see only the dark heavens and rain.

It falls down and washes away what is left of winter.

I close my eyes and remember the forest that we met each other in.

A small pond I sit next to and dangle my naked feet in.

Around me, a small group of animals curiously look upon me.

I begin to sing to them.

One in particular is a duck.

He crawls up onto my lap and I stroke his feathers.

I fall in love with him and he falls in love with me.

A new found friend for life.

We have an understanding of each other.

I tell him stories of my life, he tells me stories of his.

One day, I return to the pond to see the duck crying. 

I ask him why he is crying.

He tells me that life has cheated him.

I ask him why.

He proceeds to tell me that he wants so much to marry me,

But he is a duck and cannot.

I start crying for I wish it were true.

Suddenly, a magical thing begins to happen.

The duck takes human form and I stare into human eyes.

“I love you,” the duck tells me.

“And I love you,” I tell him.

Together we walk hand in hand out of the forest.

Copyright  ©  Karen Elizabeth Waters 2003


This is my first prose.  Go easy on me...I know it's not the Frog Prince.