A/N: Here is the first poem - more of a re-telling really, but at first, the shock of what happened in the movie, the shock brought on by the horrid ending had made me incapable of thinking about anything but the story,and the more importantly the love story very few ppl around me saw.
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Chapter I:
But That's The Way It Is.
He saw a dream one night –
If ones like him can even dream . . .
He dreamed of pale light,
Around a child it seemed . . .
He looked into her eyes –
So trusting, jeweled, so scared, naïve . . .
He felt her fear, surprise –
He saw how deeply she believed.
She learned to changed and grew,
Defied him, though he shared her pain,
But what she never knew:
His losses then made up her gains.
Too late he saw the truth,
As he looked on her, unobserved,
He loved that maid of youth,
And his love had its purpose served . . .
He knew she soon would leave –
His world for her was now too small,
And at it's coming eve
He tried to keep her at his ball . . .
She looked confused and lost,
But now he knew – she wasn't scared.
Her heart not snow, or frost,
But for his offer unprepared . . .
She pulled away so soon,
Determination taking hold –
She didn't see his wound,
And shattered, broke his magic world.
Again awake, he saw
Her standing up and looking brave;
She spoke the words of law,
Not knowing that she made a grave . . .
She looked at him with eyes
So cruel, determined, unaware . . .
And as he left, disguised,
An echo whispered, "It's not fair . . ."
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what did you think? i had to use "its not fair" in there, as the situation seemed to me much more unfair to Jareth than to Sarah, and his words of "you say that so often... i wonder what your basis for comparison is" cut me very much. so, yeah. pleeze review!
Nim