They say it’s a blessing
Never a curse
Yet in my eyes
It can’t be worse
~+~
Not once my choice
Always another’s
I do what they want
With just one order
~+~
“Give the necklace
Clean the house.”
I’m forced to listen
Weak as a mouse
~+~
And if I decline
Terror will come
the faint and ache
I start to numb
~+~
I’ve always disliked
But I went with the flow
Until one day
When I had to say no
~+~
He was tall and funny
Listened when I talked
Honest and noble
My world had been rocked
~+~
Finally they came
The words that shook
“Will you marry me?”
Written like a book
~+~
I stared and cried
Happy as can be
I was the girl
It had been me
~+~
But sense hit me
Right in the head
I couldn’t be queen
He would be dead
~+~
Again I cried
Yet tears of sorrow
The love of my life
And I couldn’t follow
~+~
I’d be watched and found out
I’d be forced I knew
I couldn’t marry the prince
He couldn’t know what’s true
~+~
Married far away
The lie that came after
Never who you thought
His heart would shatter
~+~
He believed every word
He ranted and mourned
As for months after
I cried and served
~+~
A ball in his honor
A wife would be found
I knew that I shouldn’t
but my sense was drowned
~+~
A mask would hide
My true identity
No one would know
That underneath was me
~+~
I watched from afar
As he greeted each one
Till finally I stood
Soft as a fawn
~+~
I curtiesed and smiled
He offered a dance
Yet as our hands touched
He sent me a glance
~+~
He knew my touch
He would start to guess
But I diverted his attention
Reducing the stress
~+~
All went well
Until the third night
When my mask was ripped off
I ran in fright
~+~
He arrived at my house
Looking for me
Holding my hands
I wasn’t free
~+~
“Marry me” order
I wanted to cry
“Do it.” Said mother
I wanted to die
~+~
I pained and shook
I couldn’t I wouldn’t
“I won’t!” I shouted
It was the moment
~+~
The curse had be broken
I was free to choose
I stood there shocked
I wouldn’t lose
~+~
“Yes, a million times yes!”
I quickly screamed
My love pulled me in
As he smiled and beamed
~+~
I was hoping to get a poem out for Ogre Enchanted first considering the events of that story took place before Ella’s but NO WORDS WOULD COME! 😭
~Ali