Sleeping Beauty
Here I lie, in my highest room, in the tallest tower. I sleep the sleep of a thousand years, waiting for a prince.
I wait, and watch as you, another prince, just one of many, live your life. Silently I gaze upon you and wonder, are you the one? Or do I remain for another century.
Can you see me watching you? Or am I just an observer, powerless and quiet, invisible to all. I am unable to save myself, to awake and dance. I am wraithlike, pale as a spirit and as untouchable as faery. Am I just a fancy? A quiet imagining of the veils of slumber? Or do I breath, laugh, cry.
Sometimes I miss the bustle, the rush of the court. The sorrow of a funeral, the joy of a wedding. These things do not exist in the world of sleepers. This world is a world of illusions, where there is no touch, there is no music. There are dragons, but no heroes. I am forever, a princess of nothing.
I hope prince, that some day we will meet, unshielded by dreams and imaginings, when you are grown. After all, I have an eternity to wait.
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