Christopher Flaherty Poet Free verse

Cinderella Bell of the Banquet Hall and Glitter Ball

Pray masquerading hidden beauty,
Sweet innocent Princess Cinderella
She of midnight pumpkin slipper glass

For whom the ball bell's 

Be spared your humble prince his
blushes of asking for your hand
and pleasure of your company

And so to please accompany me into the 
banquet hall for the remainder on this
most auspicious summer evening

His Majesty quite inexorably is taken
with your strength and presence as yee
his confidence you have shaken

And he wishes to if nothing else discover
the name of said fair maiden woven into
that bespoken silken dress that grace
herself doth silhouette such blinding figure
of the number eight

If this be my kingdom i am over which to
reign then surely i duty bound as said king 
should wish the fairest princess in all the lands
under my domain to take and marry as my Queen
and mother bare she and i a rightful heir to follow
the line of succession

For if the price of royal cross to bare is 
duty before self then let me please this 1 
concession have

Let me please for marry love and get to
choose she that which doth my heart desires
with a wanten passion worthy of an endearing 
romantic fairytale ending where the protagonists
end up growing old together gracefully

So come the when the clock after  
the bewitching hour of midnight 12 o'clock
strike shall you not be with a but slipper
left to seek you out once more

Rather we dispense with pleasantries and be not another
further single we a second lost just incase
either of you and i be in both in a state of
wistful dreaming

Only to be told my unconscious subliminal Julliet
was in reality to be in fact an unassuming passing
stranger terminal cancer patient who choose to spend her final moments reading
Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet to me whilst i was
in my coma

So when in fact or if indeed eventually i was to
awake the time i lost could be permeated
by an empathetic soul by the voice of
an angel

Falling victim only to be branded with the mark by one of life's cruelest of intentions better to have loved
and lost than never to have loved at all

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Jennifer Proxenos August 21, 2020 at 9:15 AM This is an extraordinary poem, - such unimaginable talent Christopher , you took a fairy tale and turned it into a masterpiece worthy of POTD - I agree with Lady Labyrinth. And how true, 'better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all' Simply awesome, Blessings, Jenn. Christopher Flaherty August 21, 2020 at 2:17 PM Wow Jennifer Your comments leave me at a loss for words and blushing with pride and glee. Thank you very much i am ever so obliged and eternally grateful

Caren Krutsinger August 18, 2020 at 3:10 PM "Let me please for marry love and get to choose she that which doth my heart desires with a wanten passion worthy of an endearing romantic fairytale ending where the protagonists end up growing old together gracefully " This is why faerie tales work, because this is what everyone wants - even the ones who deny it. Well penned my frikend. Well penned!

Jan Allison August 17, 2020 at 5:10 PM a true Shakespearean tragedy - i wasn't expecting the twists and turns and the unexpected ending, very well penned Christopher:-) hugs Jan xx Christopher Flaherty August 18, 2020 at 3:51 PM Went through pages 10 to 20 but i couldn't find your poem Jan. What number page is it on ? Jan Allison August 18, 2020 at 1:14 PM I wrote a poem called 'the belle of the ball' I would love you to read it, its one of my favourite early poem where i tried so hard with the imagery and so so different from your theme:-) Christopher Flaherty August 17, 2020 at 5:19 PM Cheers glad to see you back with and amongst us and in form once again my fair lady Hugs x

David Kavanagh August 14, 2020 at 2:10 PM Very slick Shakespearean poetic tone and mood well thought out, some of your best work ending is fantastic as who knows what goes through a persons mind in a persistent comatose state, if indeed anything at all, I wrote one myself “apertures of agony”about a astrophysicist on his deathbed hallucinating pumped full of morphine imagining a auroral show and gamma ray bursts thinks the nurses can see it and pray in fear when in fact they pray for him, if you get a chance will you check it out cheers David Christopher Flaherty August 14, 2020 at 2:16 PM Cheers David praise indeed thank you very much once again kind sir. On route to check out your poem now

Lady Labyrinth August 14, 2020 at 2:05 PM tingaling tingaling....I have answered the call... this is a romantic departure from the norm for the esteemed writer, O'Flaherty...I shall have to sharpen my diamond slippers to etch a message on your .... wall. I love it. This line is part of the fairytale that rings truthfully, "with a wanten passion worthy of an endearing romantic fairytale ending where the protagonists end up growing old together gracefully..." whether achievable or not. Yet to be seen. Surely, this one, is worthy of POTD. x Christopher Flaherty August 14, 2020 at 2:29 PM Cheers Leanne my learned friend and esteemed confident . You are always a source of inspiration and encouragement whos comments i value and poems inspire me. So glad you liked it as i wrote it after reading your poem Ta bud xox Lady Labyrinth August 14, 2020 at 2:07 PM "better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all...."