Magpie #64: A Dream Fulfilled...

Photograph by Tess Kincaid at Willow Manor

Challenge hosted by Magpie Tales

She wanted a child

and she yearned to live

in the lush tropics

She sold everything

and worked as a cook

on a one way sail.

She was a plain looking

woman, with a strong back

and determined nature.

She secured work

as a food server

and part time cook

She loved the smell of

the earth, planting in

abundance

she grew her own food

and flowers for the table

She found an abandoned shack

close to Haleakala

The owner compensated her

for fixing up the place

and sharing her fresh vegetables and fruit.
Not long, he began
to notice more than
how hard she worked.
He had ancestors of royal Mauian blood
and he too longed for children...
His admiration would only allow
him to ask for her hand
and lucky for him,
she accepted.
She and the earth
had much in common
She gave birth in the spring
to fine, strong son.
The couple went on to share
several more children
and she loved her family
and her home above the volcano...

~dkb~