चांदनी के पंख

A little girl stood at her bedroom window,

watching the city lights flicker like distant

stars. She'd been told fairy tales were just stories,

nothing more. But tonight, something changed.

A shimmer of silver dust swirled outside her glass,

and there she was. The Fairy Queen, floating

in the darkness, wearing a gown that looked

like woven moonlight. She wasn't smiling. She looked