Kurt Ravidas Poet Free verse

Suddenly Swans

There is a fairy tale I remember from my childhood,
the fairy tale of the delivery swans that worked for an evil sorceress.
«Behave yourself,» my mom used to say. «Or they will take you away.»
«Why does the evil sorceress kidnap only naughty children?» I asked.
«When you grow up, you'll understand».
I grew up but I still don’t understand 
why they don’t come to take me away.
Don’t you see, my beautiful evil sorceress,
I misbehave,
I drink,
I play the fool,
I write verses
and I look toward the enchanted forest for days, looking for your swans.

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Connie Marcum Wong April 26, 2019 at 1:42 AM There is a fairytale where eleven princes were turned into wild swans by the Kings wicked new wife who was really a witch. It is called the Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. In his story the swans were good and we're finally saved and be came men again. I enjoyed your take on the contest Kurt. : ) Kurt Ravidas April 26, 2019 at 5:39 AM I remember swans by Amdersen but I got inspired by this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Swan_Geese Full version: https://wikitranslate.org/wiki/The_Magic_Swan-Geese/Russian Thank you, Connie. I loved you participated too)

Caren Krutsinger April 17, 2019 at 1:10 AM Hilarious that you are wanting to be taken away; but then again, aren't we all? Kurt Ravidas April 17, 2019 at 8:39 AM That's absolutely right) Thank you.

CayCay Godwin April 13, 2019 at 5:08 PM This is so off the wall that its a great poem, an unexpected version for the contest theme. I love irrelevant and I love off the wall so I love your poem. All the best ... CayCay Kurt Ravidas April 26, 2019 at 5:40 AM Thanks, CayCay, I am glad you liked it. Rays of love)