I don't remember when I lost my tenderness <br />And hardened into a thick shelled adult <br />No more innocent, no more gullible <br />Like a snake, I have peeled away my old self <br />It was easy enough, but having shed it <br />I realize no spring can bring it back! <br /> <br />There was a time when my imagination <br />Was so fiercely fuelled by fairy tales <br /> <br />How I used to visit the magic realms <br />Traversing the path from wonder to wonder! <br />On fancy's feathered wings, I flew <br />Dwelling with fairies, demons and vampires <br />Roaming through the gilded hallways of magic castles <br />Peering into wishing wells <br />Wandering into enchanted forests <br /> <br />I searched under pillows for tooth fairies <br />Lay awake in bed to hear a tap on the door <br />With the ringing plea, falling in my ears <br />‘Open the door, my princess dear <br />Open the door to thy true lover here' <br />Wondering if a slimy frog has leaped over to my bed <br /> <br />Many hours were lost in fearful suspense <br />Pondering if the hoodwinked Red Riding Hood <br />Would escape the claws of death in the woods <br /> <br />With bated breath I followed the three Billy goats <br />On their way to the meadows beyond the bridge <br />Cursing the wicked troll that lived under it <br /> <br />Scrubbed old lamps hoping a genie would crop up <br />To bring things, my little heart cherished, <br />Looked up to see Aladdin on his magic carpet <br />Whizzing past the clouds, <br /> <br />Once I left my homework undone <br />Thinking those helpful elves would do it <br />While I snored away in the dead of the night <br /> <br />Now bereft of all such queer fancies <br />My brain has gone into lazy slumber <br />My world once checkered with colorful patterns <br />Now lies damp, dull and laden with strife!<br /><br />Valsa George<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-fairy-wings/
