by Fasuyi Timothy

Created on: December 09, 2009

The fairy tale we once heard
Shook our hearts
And rend our comforts
We blocked our ears,not to hear
The fairies and dwarfs and monsters
All struggle in a fight for supremacy
The little princess looked on,in trepidation
And the fire-works explode in the darkness
Around the palace
Seeking to break the fortitude
And steal away the princess
The men around the palace all shake in their shoes

The King’s crown is falling off
And his teeth and lips
Culminate in one tearing clinging bar
The walls and barricades
Are falling off
And the heart of the princess stopped beating
And turned to stone
Indoors,the mother-Queen…
Suddenly,the tall handsome prince strode in
Everyone stared in open,unsheathed amazement
“Where on earth did he come from ?”
He raised his hands
And two yellow,piercing lights shot out
And stilled the raging storm
The fairies and dwarfs and monsters
All turned on their heels and fled
And a deep quiet descend
No shout of joy;no shout of jubilation
Only the look of paralysing relief
And the steam of warming hearts
“Come on all,put on your dancing shoes,”he said
And the King and the Queen and the Courtmen
All worshipped at his feet
But the prince would have none of it,
“Enough!This is a time for glee not gloom
My reward is only to have the hand of the
Princess,if she will…”
Doubt lingered and uncertainty loomed,
Until the princess stepped forward and said,
“I will go with the prince.”
And joy embraced all
And the prince and the princess
Came together in a long embrace…
And there was joy and gratefulness
In the eyes of all…

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