The Erl-King

The Erl King

Story
a girl is walking through a deserted wood and is seduced by a man who lives
there, she is drawn to the strange powers which this man holds (the Erl-King)
and falls subject to them, whereby ultimately his plan is to turn her into a bird…

We are like two halves of a seed- then I could lodge inside your body and you
would bear me
His touch both consoles and devastates me
I shall become so small you can keep me in one of osier cages and mock my
loss of liberty
I shall be…