Silver Dew On Emerald Grass

When another day had gone by and not a word of her was heard, I shut my eyes and returned to my starry eyed dream. In it was a rainbow and a unicorn, the grass was green and the sky was blue and the horizon stretched out as far as the eye could see. I ran over gently rolling hillocks to catch up with the unicorn which was hopping away merrily leaving trails of cheerful tunes.

Suddenly the unicorn stopped and looked up at the sky. I stood next to it and, putting one hand gently on its back, followed it gaze. I heard distant thunder and a light drizzle began to come down upon me.

With a strange sense of purpose I threw my leg over the unicorn's back and rode on, toward a pink glow coming from way off in the horizon.

As i approached i saw a mosque like structure, made of brown stone. The pillars on each corner rose up toward the sky, six in all, and a robed pink figure stood in each of the towers. I could feel their gaze upon me, but sensing no hostility I jumped off my unicorn and strode inside, into an oasis, a garden, a bejewelled play pen. A large dome covered the sky and many colourful tropical birds took flight at my approach.

I walked on on soft sand which felt warm and relaxing under my feet. The ground was divided by potted plants with thick green foliage. And then slowly, one by one, the other unicorns came out. Each was a different colour, yet each was every colour of the rainbow. I could not believe my eyes as a beautiful white mare startled me by flapping its wings right in front of my face. I smiled at it and it bowed gracefully at me. I saw that it was standing next to some steps that lead to a platform. I climbed upon the platform and on to it's back.

As the other unicorns rode on in unison under us in a triangular formation, we flew straight at the glass rainbow which welcomed us with a million crystals of light.

But the darkness, the thunder, the rain made their presence felt as I realised, another day had gone by without any news of her.