August 2022 Issue: "Weather Spells"

The wind and the waves

echoed her heart-

constant and pure.

The storm was her

soul-wild and untamed...

And when the tempest

raged around her,

she faced it

until the rainbow appeared

and a new beginning was born.

While whispers of wind

stirred echoes

of the past

and scattered thoughts

of a different time and place

through her mind.

It was then that she

formed her most powerful spell;

The weather spell

that no living creature could stop,

and she once more

remembered her true name.

Mab stepped out of the shadows

and her raindrop crown

glittered with the power

of eternal starlight.

~ A. Bergloff

Weather echoes the human heart, and we are connected to it. The ever changing weather of the seasons brings calm days and turbulent ones, much like how our hearts can experience love and joy, and also, tribulation and sadness. It is through experiencing and enduring all aspects of the weather around us, and the seasons that we carry inside our hearts, that balance is found and the beautiful spell of life goes on.

This month, The Fairy Tale Magazine is presenting two stories and three poems in the final issue in our series of "weather-works" for 2022 that explore some element of weather - from rain to wind to snow and beyond.

So, please enjoy, and as always dear readers...

Stay enchanted!

- Kate, Amanda, and Kelly