Mirror, mirror on the wall
why do you stare
and plot her fall?
Skin of milk white
eyes of blue crystal
hair dark as madness.
Once lost in a kiss
lips of blood red
took one bite amiss
then into the abyss…
Within a poisonous trance
gone the forgotten lover
what have you wrought
you murderous mother?
Glass heart shatters
beats no more
the poet weeps
lost in lore.
Hi ho, hi ho,
back to work
they go….
In the forest
there is not a sound
creatures slink, sad silent
not a soul around
one so vile
so violent.
Madam stands at her mirror
so true
in this land no one
more fair than you
but a new star shines
in the mystical above
the enchantment shattered
succumbed to love.
Mirror, mirror high upon the wall
evil queen consumed
the narcissist must fall.
Seven small ones proclaimed
as the Fair One arose
freed from the past
from silent shadows.
Prism glass cracked
silvery shards of hate
she took the offered hand
destiny spun by fate.
Lana, this was exquisite in your wording and meaning. I like how it reminded me of shattering barriers. It seemed like the elements of the story became enhanced, more defined. Your fairy tales add a depth of reality to them.
Thanks Robin. I think fairytales never really go out, and I think some of the morals still ring true in the era of Twitter 🙂
This is off the chain! Loved it.
Thank you so much!
A beautiful retelling of the tale!
Thanks Marissa 🙂
This is so brilliant! Absolutely love it! Snow White has always been one of my favourite fairy tales – I loved it so much when I was a kid that I even memorized the whole thing and told it everybody who´d listen to me 😉 Have a great weekend! Sarah xoxo
Thank you, it has always been one of my favorites also. That’s great you memorized it when you were a kid, ha ha. Thanks for reading, have a great weekend also!
This is so well written. Is the image of a Doll or an avatar?
Thank you so much. I believe it is an avatar. I get most all my images from Pixabay which is a great free-use site.
Ah…I was curious because I don’t see them used by other people as illustrations.
I find that VR is a great way to illustrate my writing.
What is VR? I could use some options.
Virtual Reality…There are several grids you can use. You basically download a viewer that has built in photo tools and log into one of the grids. I use VR to stage scenes. It helps if you can create your own textures, scripts and objects — and a powerful system to take high resolution shots. I think of the client as an image processing program.
Here are a couple of links that will give you more information.
This is a link to Open Sim: http://opensim.stanford.edu/
Here is another link to Open Sim: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page
Here is OS Grid: http://www.osgrid.org/
Here is Second Life: https://join.secondlife.com/
All of these ‘grids’ offer free accounts. SL has the most advanced starting tools as far as the quality of the free avatars.
Let me know if you need more info.
I think that eventually the internet will become an advanced meta verse where people will interact with each other in a virtual reality.
Oh wow, I had no idea. I will definitely check this out to see if I can master the technical aspects of it. Thanks so much!
It’s a challenge but if you like a challenge then you’ll be fine 🙂
I like this piece – even if it’s the familiar story. It’s told in a different way and the questioning of the mirror right at the start simply captivates me!
Thanks so much. I have always enjoyed fairy tales and constantly re-read them as a child.
What a wonderful “summary” of this fairy tale! Reading your poem brings all the Disney scenes back to me. Isn’t it odd how kids are drawn to these often-gruesome stories?!?
Yes indeed, and they are truly gruesome, ha ha…but I do remember being enthralled when I was a child. Thank you.