Sophia

She pricked her finger in the
ancient story and fell
into a swoon, golden haired and fair
maid of the forecasts, it is I who come
to tear you from the grave, knowing all
is as is destined.

Her slumber scoffed the winds away,
the forest grew of thorns and briars
but still the blood-red needle wept
to be so bereft of work and spin,
to cast about for tales to tell
with none awake upon the hearth to hear.

But true love’s kiss, they say, is what
woke her to the perfect day, wedded bliss,
promise of subservience under him
and riding these four square walls when
once she had threaded herself to sky
and danced the moonlight away

But this is the storm that broke the sea
and this is the heart she dandled on her knee
and this is the blooded needle on finger's tip
to warn her that eternity’s price
and fairer isles can be bought only with
her gifted mind or slight of hand

Performance Artist, Poet, Writer

http://www.wendysmuse.blogspot.com 

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