The Maiden, The Prince and the Child
Once upon a time in a land far off and away
there was born a little girl in a most unusual way
to a maiden who was young and a prince who
heart was failing as he lay upon a hospital bed –
a tiny girl child arrived without customary portents…
instead –
On the eve of the young prince’s wizardly cardiac operation
with loved ones waiting in scrunched faced anxious anticipation
the young maiden paced, felt stirring, a rushing urgency in her gut
and with fast patters down a hallway she
spied a chair next to her princely lover but -
could not sit - it seemed there was something there, there,
far larger than any pea – twas the referenced little girl slipping …
into the world – dusted with mystery, magic and curls –
unexpected – manifested from wherever –
me
