Forest People

Very few have ever seen 
The hidden folk that roam between
The ancient groves where songbirds preen
Concealed by drapes of living green.
Through doors of midnight stars aglow
They live behind the world we know
Across the bridge were legends grow
Beyond a vale where fae winds blow.
Some have said they don't exist
Others claim they still persist
Hidden by the time's own mists
Just waiting for that waking kiss.
But I, for one, know they are there
Downwind of those who scent the air
Beyond the reach of human ears
Until, of course, we wander near.
And then with startled, child's fright
A war doth rage for fight or flight
And doubt creeps in, to cloud the sight
Then they flee; like day from night.
The world of magic, did they rid
Contact with us, they have forbid
The forest folk, long since have hid
From mortal man and all he did.