Slipping into sleep
a hundred years ago
a spindle, a spell, a castle
and an arrow and a bow.
Into that tranquil slumber
in land eternally blue
the princess upon her bed
bidding the present adieu.
One hundred years, almost eternal
magic stopped the clock
revenge, a sour spell
twisted firm the lock.
Casting the castle
in nocturnal lure
wanderlust souls treading
in places unsure.
Into worlds bathed in mystery
the frozen years
the passage nears
suspended from history.
There deep inside the woods
where melancholy grew rampant
a prince, the marksman hunter
walked through bramble once brilliant.
Cautious in approach,
skilled in use of bow
the prince determined to seek
what time had turned slow.
That he should find one so fair
upon a bed magnificent
awakened the girl with a kiss
a love forever elegant.
I guess it could be Fairytale Friday…I’ve been in charge of storytelling this week at elementary school. I’m definitely looking forward to a break. Hope everyone has a lovely spring weekend!
Ahhh, lovely. An elegant love, indeed. 🙂
Thank you. .A fairytale ending is what we need sometimes… 🙂
Elegant poem – love your retelling.
It’s about necrophilia – right? 🙂
It certainly can be, but I actually just rewrote the storyline in a rhyme – ish fashion.
Love your use of the word ‘ish’. 🙂
No – I meant the original story is about necrophilia.
Oh yes, sometimes I think I could sleep about 100 years….
🙂
Nice rhyming twist on a beloved fairy tale, well done! 🙂
Thank you 🙂
And she was all like “Oh man, why’d you have to wake me up??!” Teenagers right? Ha, ha! Seriously though, lovely work as always Lana!
Thanks Marissa. ..that’s probably what I say if someone awakened me..ha ha!
Lovely picture and poem. What a fab job title: in charge of storytelling. Hope you have a lovely weekend too.
Thank you. I’ve actually been filling in for a librarian and having to think on my feet, as they say 🙂
beautiful is the only word I have right now to describe it in one word.
Thank you and thanks for reading!
My pleasure 🙂
Lovely poem – leaving me with a smile for the weekend. Wishing you a happy couple of days break too. 😀
Thank you. I hope you have a lovely weekend as well 🙂
I thought this was particularly clever Lana – and love the picture you found to accompany it too. It’s a grey, wet Saturday morning here and a fairy tale is a nice romantic wake up read. 🙂
Thank you. I really like fairy tales….I always have 🙂
Me too! <3
This was a great poem with interest and unique words to enhance this fairy tale to a superb, classic level, Lana. I will be checking back in if it hit a coffee place with WiFi but more than likely “off the grid.” Enjoy a wonderful weekend, friend! 🙂
Thanks Robin, I hope you have a great weekend also 🙂
Wanderlust souls treading in places unsure adds so much to the mystery and possible men who tried to overcome the spell, too. So beautifully entrancing way to tell this in a new way! 🙂
Thanks Robin, this was always one of my favorite stories.
Lovely poem, Ms. Storyteller! Fairy tales can be told over and over again in unique ways. They never grow old.
Thank you so much. I feel the same way about fairy tales, I have always enjoyed them.
I absolutely love it! One of my favorite fairy tales, too. 🙂
Thank you :). I love a beautifully illustrated fairy tales book any day.
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