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Sunday, June 7, 2020
The Blue Vineyard of Voo Shining Stone: Found On A Blue Green Sea
The Blue Vineyard of Voo Shining Stone: Found On A Blue Green Sea: Found On A Blue-Green Sea We sailed upon a blue-green sea My love and I, that night Beneath a moon ...
The Princess and The Prince
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The Princess and the Prince
Once upon a time on earth
There came a child of royal birth
A girl so sweet and yet so shy
If one approached her, she would cry.
She didn't fit into the world
And so she was a lonely girl
Living in a world of books
While guardians gave her dirty looks.
They couldn't understand why she
Could not be like they were, you see
But she could not be as they were
She could only be like her.
And as she grew, she changed a bit
Till none of her old clothes would fit
Her boyish form had changed to girl
And she was thrust into the world.
A world where everything was strange
And told her that she, too, must change
And though she tried to please her peers
She knew she'd never fit in here.
They had their fun, they teased and taunted
But the Princess knew she was not wanted
Not in the way she needed so
And her every question was answered, no.
She lost herself in poetry
And saw things others could not see
She walked in worlds unseen by blind
Folk who'd never be her kind.
The myth, the legend, the fairy tale
These things would make her sad heart well
Her world comprised of fantasy
That only her dark eyes could see.
And when she'd grown to womanhood
She looked to find a love so good
But only ogres and trolls she found
Who smashed her sweet heart to the ground.
And still she searched and still she sought
And duels for her love were fought
But when the victor claimed his prize
She found his heart was full of lies.
What is a princess without a prince?
What good is love if it makes you wince?
And run and hide in silent tears
While life marched on down roads for years?
The princess soon gave up her quest
Though she had passed each trial and test
And kept her honor and kept her stance
But still dreamed at night of sweet romance.
And then one night, out of a dream
A man appeared out of the mist, it seemed
And fell to his knees at her bedside
And watched her as she slept and sighed.
"Sweet Princess, open up your eyes
I have been sent with a surprise
Your heart has pleaded and your plea was heard."
And she opened her eyes but said not a word.
"I came to love you and make you glad
Your heart has been broken and shattered and sad
And the God up in Heaven and the angels who cheer
Have chosen me for you and have sent me here."
"Are you a prince?" at last she spoke
And her dark eyes lit up with hope
But he hung his head and just said, "No."
And stood to his feet and turned to go.
"Wait!" she cried, "Please do not leave."
And it broke his heart to see her grieve
"If you're not a prince, I do not care."
And he stopped and stood in silence, there.
"I'm not a princess." she murmured low
"I've never thought I was, you know
They called me "princess" when I was young
But in bitter tones and with words that stung.
They wanted me to be like them
Though their thoughts were dull and their dreams were dim
And I could not conform to those
Who lived that half life that they chose.
And so they turned their backs on me
Turned up their noses so I would see
And know I'd never be a part
Of that pair of guardians that had no heart.
They called me "Princess" but it was a smear
And said in loathing and with a sneer
And I knew no better than to believe the lie
And they laughed at my ignorance with disdain in their eye.
So all my life, I've been alone
With no family and no loving home
Looking for someone who was just like me
A prince without anything but his royalty.
I'm not a princess, I know that now
I'm just a girl who survived somehow
And lived and learned and loved no one
But the dream in my heart and the man in my song."
And the man turned round and wore a smile
And he stood and he watched her for such a long while
Then he knelt beside her and took her hand
"No prince am I but just a man
And a man who was lonely and looking, like you
For someone to love and love me so true
I have never fit in, I have never conformed
I was taunted with insults from the day I was born.
I was sneered at for being who I chose to be
And never knew love for just being me
They called me a "prince" upon his high horse
And I chose to be royal but I wasn't, of course."
And the woman laughed and said "It's true!"
"You're just like me, I'm just like you!"
"Why have I never seen your face?
Why have you never found this place?"
And the man took her into his arms
No prince but so endowed with charms
And said,"My love, I don't know why or how
I haven't been here before but I am here now."
And the sad girl who cried and the boy who felt low
Loved each other with love that few ever know
And they live in a dream world that no one has dreamed since
The girl they called "Princess and the boy they called Prince."
©by Voo Shining Stone
June 12, 2019
7:29 p.m.
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