This was an assignment for my watercolor class. It was just supposed to be based on some kind of text. Here is the poem I based it on: Dryad of Abeyance For over a hundred years she stood Reigning over the forest glade Protector of the gilded wood And all that lay within her shade
She would wile away the live long day Dancing amongst the woodland flowers Basking within the warm sun's rays Or drinking of the gentle rain showers
Yet ever bound to a single tree She strode beneath the branches fair Longing to walk the forest free Wondering what was past the forest there
The birds would sing of all they saw And the beasts told many a splendid tale That left her yearning for the awe Of the human's world beyond that vale
And then one day at the setting sun A human appeared on the forest edge And he sat beneath her branches run Resting within the marshy sedge
To her he was such a curious sight With eyes as blue as the Summer sky Hair as dark as the deepest night And a voice as calm as the gentle winds sigh
He remained there for the whole of Spring But never once did she appear to him And though her heart began to sing She dared not venture beyond her limbs
Then one early bright summer morn He gathered his things and made his way Forever beyond her oak and thorn Back to the world from which he strayed
The sun did rise and the sun did set And many seasons came to pass Yet never did her heart forget The man that lingered upon her grass
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