Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon a Time
Let me tell you a story . . .
It happened long ago and once upon a time in an enchanted forest,
This is the story of Sleeping Beauty of the Woods, but not the Grimm tale;
of your childhood, oh no, this one is completely but not totally different.
Now, the King of the woods, King Wind and the Queen, Queen Rain,
Had a beautiful girl child and she was known as Princess Nature;
She had seven fairy godmothers, there was Wit, fairy of changing skies,
Grace, of rippling streams, Dance, of falling leaves, Song, of the birds, and;
Music, of each new dawn, and of course there was Night, of dreams,
And the last fairy was called Magic . . .
Oh I forgot, there was an eighth fairy, an evil one, called Winter.
That evil fairy, Winter was so jealous and mean that she cast an enchantment,
On Princess Nature, that should she prick her finger on a thorn;
She would die, but the seventh fairy, Magic reversed the curse somehow,
The Princess would not die should she prick her finger but fall asleep;
Asleep for one hundred years, and could only be awakened by a certain kiss.
The woods was a lovely place of emerald green and hanging mosses,
but also there were places of brambles and thorns, and one day, sadly;
Princess Nature pricked her finger on a thorn and fell into a deep sleep.
The woods became quiet and nothing moved, winter and frost came;
It covered everything and the woods froze for one hundred years.
Then a Prince came through the tall trees, he had heard of these woods,
Heard the story of the sleeping Princess, and his name was Prince Spring;
He cut through the ice with his sun sword and soon found the Princess,
Kneeling he kissed her and she awakened and the woods awakened too.
And of course, they married, and lived happily ever after...
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January 27, 2016
Poetry/Narrative/Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon A Time
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All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Submitted to the contest, Your best Poem From Any Laura Loo Contest
Sponsor, Laura Loo
First Place
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Written for the contest, Once Upon A Time,
sponsor, Laura Loo
Second Place
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