Carpe Diem

We are the writers of our own destiny.  As my wise fifth grade teacher once said to me, "You can't fear everything.  If you spend your life hiding under your bed, even that could collapse on you."  You are so right, Ms Rogers.  Thank you for teaching me to Seize the Day!

Written:1/4/2011

A funeral pyre stands in a field

It is empty but for one lone maiden

Waiting for love’s true kiss

In an everlasting sleep

She will wait forever for a prince

Who will not come seek her

The lone raven in a nearby tree

Sings out the same sad song

Its ancestors have sung

For a century or more

Her prince could be dead or

Never existed

She slept through her life—feeling no pain

Feeling nothing at all

Until one day..

Her heart breaks of loneliness and boredom

Her prince charming is stuck in the top most tower

Of a castle far far away

He dies at the same moment 

Infinitely awaiting her rescue