Author's Note: A tribute sonnet to Elphaba told from the perspective of our favourite Vinkun prince.
Elphaba Sonnet:
An em'rald lies amongst the dulling stone,
A single glimmer barely seen by most,
Beside such sombre grey it seems alone,
And thus all its surroundings stare, engrossed.
It fails to fit or bend to nature's will,
An imperfection, clear and bright as day,
And so the world shall view it thus until
One finally sees the colour, not the grey.
Its difference boasts a wonder that beguiles,
And helps one's eyes to see another shade,
The ignorant must mock and shall revile,
But emeralds must not listen, lest they fade.
See now! The jewel that love had once forsook?
To see her beauty one need only look.