"ONCE UPON A TIME."......by Susan Jane Kahon |
ONCE UPON A TIME, IN A CASTLE LONG, LONG AGO A FAIR HAIRED MAIDEN WAS LOCKED UP BECAUSE SHE LOVED HER KNIGHT, WHO HAD FALLEN FROM GRACE FOR DEFYING THE KING ,IN HIS PURSUIT OF HER LOVE OH MAIDEN FAIR WITH EYES OF BLUE IMPRISONED BY HER FATHER THERE TEARS THAT STAINED HER LOVELY EYES FELL LIKE RAINDROPS ON THE STAIRS MANY LOCKS CLOSED THE HEAVY DOOR AND THE WALLS OUTSIDE WERE RUSTIC AND ROUGH.WHERE SHE LAY ON HER BED, DAY BY DAY,SHE WROTE IN A DIARY OF HER LOVE FOR HER KNIGHT.WORD UPON WORD FLOWED FROM HER PEN,FROM HER HEART TO HER KNIGHT,WHO WAS SECRETLY WORKING TO SET HER FREE. OH, MY DARLING, SHE WROTE WITH TREMBLING HAND I FEAR THAT I SHALL PERISH I NEED A KISS FROM YOUR SWEET LIPS THE LIPS THAT I SO CHERISH HE WORKED AT NIGHT..HE HAD A ROPE THAT HE CARRIED AS HE CLIMBED THE WALLS OF HER FORTRESS. LUCKILY, BECAUSE THEY WERE ROUGHENED WITH AGE HE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB THE WALLS WITH SOME EASE ..A LITTLE EFFORT.. AT LAST, HE REACHED THE TOP WINDOW AND INCHED HIS WAY IN,CHIPPING ALONG THE EDGES OF THE WINDOWS UNTIL HE FOUND A WAY INSIDE SHE HEARD A GENTLE TAPPING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL SHE GASPED WHEN SHE SAW HIM HOLDING ON SHE WAS AFRAID THAT HE WOULD FALL HE GRABBED HER BY HER WAIST AND TOLD HER TO HOLD ON, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN THE ROPE,SO SHE GRABBED HIM AND HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE TOGETHER DOWN THE THE ROPE THEY CREPT HIS HORSE WAS IN THE FOREST THERE.. HE KISSED HER WITH HIS WAITING LIPS SHE WAS IMPRISONED...NEVER MORE.... PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR MY FAIRY TALES..SO HERE THEY ARE!!THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENJOYING MY PAGES |