fairytale
when I say it's over
I mean this
the dragon is gone
vanquished, as they say
I've plunged my sword into the ground
and as I wash my dirty dishes
I think of children playing years from now
in the field where I walked away from the fight
my sword abandoned
the rubyed hilt shining in the night
kudzu growing fast
and the snake sliding away
my sword in the hands of children
"Look," one cries
"There was a battle! Between a witch and a queen."
"No, look," says another one.
"It's a giant's pen. He wrote a story and left his pen in the ground."
They will never know
the truth in their story.
Dragons and giants
witches and queens
fading into fairytale.
love the sword imagery.
Posted by: keith | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 08:02 AM
love it.
bravo.
Posted by: rookie mama | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 10:31 AM
More release. This is powerful!
Posted by: Rebekah | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 11:31 AM
More release. This is powerful!
Posted by: Rebekah | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 11:31 AM
a giant's pen in the ground! I love this!
Posted by: lizardek | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 11:40 AM
I love this. Beautiful. Thank you.
Posted by: imelda / greenishlady | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 01:28 PM
I am taken totally in by the authority of the first two lines, and thereafter, the poem takes off with its own myth-making. Just masterful.
Posted by: Jim | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 05:14 PM
Wow, this is quite cool. I love:
"No, look," says another one.
"It's a giant's pen. He wrote a story and left his pen in the ground."
A great turn there!
Posted by: twitches | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 05:23 PM
I love this.
Posted by: Irene | Friday, August 18, 2006 at 05:18 AM
I realize that this is going to be a completely inane comment and said mostly for my benefit (because really...you don't know me from adam and what do my thoughts matter). Anyway : )
I'm picky about poetry and embrace few poems and poets as one to cherish. That said, I simply lovelovelove this poem. Thank you : )
Posted by: serena | Friday, August 18, 2006 at 07:59 PM
You have a MAJOR Gift for words, my dear Sam!
Now stop making me cry dammit ;)
Posted by: tinker | Friday, August 18, 2006 at 10:06 PM
Magical AND forceful. (Sorry I'm late to the party...the 'husband' had taken over the PC for a few days.) And I adore the photo.
Posted by: Marilyn | Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 01:46 PM
Beautiful...words and picture.
Posted by: Chris | Monday, August 21, 2006 at 11:46 AM