- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Tin Soldier
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Click hereTwilight shadows the nursery,
darkness creeps across the room.
The fire licking at the grate
steals lurid glances at her,
frozen en pointe, neck curved
just so, lashes drawn fine
against the swell of cheek,
and still, all still by the spark
of the steadfast soldier's dusty gaze,
his rigid stance, gunmetal posture
at odds with longing for her eyes
to open once, just once
to see his attention,
guarding her cold countenance,
the ice of her silence delicate
and empty as her hollow fragility,
painted to the thin pink twist
of her smile, arch-seraphic.
Does her glass heart move at all?
Tin melts. He will fall
in love, helpless, hapless
bravery will fall into the flame,
the fire will claim all of him,
and she alone, unmoved.
- COMMENTS
BooMerenguealmost 14 years agomy favorite Fairy Tale of all time, since I was VERY little. It was the 1st that came to mind when I saw the challenge and I love it. But I wish you had included more of the tale and the (sort of) happy ending. TY Ange for another of the nostalgia jolts I have come to love!
kisses; share them.
Maria2394over 19 years agoa song..
go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheetah friend, do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end ;)
these will make a delightfully romantic kids series, good luck :)
jd4georgeover 19 years ago...that a tin soldier might melt in the fire of unrequited love. I now wonder how long I've misused the tin soldier metaphor, because I melted them done for musket balls.
