Sleeping Beauty---Once Upon a Time
Fairytale, it seems to be,……. is it a dream or is it real?
With the break of dawn, I watch you sleep. Your smile is just a trace
The sun peeks in.... and seems to keep a finger on your face
I've caught you with your guard down, with dreams I cannot know
I'm bound by love, as blinding as the morning's afterglow
The new day holds a promise, with magic I can feel
A fairytale, it seems to be, a dream or is it real?
I see the jealous sun caress, though, you are mine, alone, to keep
Tomorrow seems a distant place, too far to see from here
Our yesterdays will fade somehow, like faces in the crowd
But wrapped in warmth of midnight's arms, are moments that allow
to keep me high up in the clouds, on a stairway to the sun
Your sleeping face, reveals to me... that time and space stands still
And what I feel, ........I know is real........may nothing break the spell
This afterglow, of night's embrace, is something new to know
I watch you sleep, as the sun peeks in, with warmer undertones....
Across the bed, the light grows bold, and turns the dawn to gold
Tomorrow seems a distant place, too far to see from here,
Our yesterdays are vanished stars, lost traces in the clouds
But wrapped in warmth of midnight's arms, where moments are allowed
to sleep and dream of you and me.
I must not wake you now
A fairytale, it seems to be,……. a dream or is it real?
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2/2/16 For "Once Upon A Time" Contest
Sponsor: Laura Loo
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2016
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