Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own any part of the beautiful world that is Sarah J. Mass's "A Court" series. This work is simply an outlet for for me to display my thoughts, and for you(hopefully) to get some entertainment out of. Please enjoy.
~*o*~
Winter
Little girl, lost at sea
An ocean of people awaiting
She struggles and hides and builds up her walls
Only harbors thoughts of escaping
Her mother is cold as snow on the bank
And soon her words are not only distant
But a lifetime away
So she grows up a little faster each day
and travels into the darkness
Inviting, exciting
The darkness drapes over her body
A blanket of stars
And she can't help but wonder
Creating, skating
Over glass and moonstone
But the sun always rises
And the brightening skies
Open her eyes
To see what is really there
Her sisters are starving, her father is carving
His own grave out of the dirt
oh, how it hurt
To be frozen in place and time
So she straightened her shoulders
She molded her spine
To create a girl who wouldn't splinter under the weight of the world
Pressed on her heart, forced on her mind
Scooped out her insides and lined them with iron
She gave and gave until nothing was left
But she lived
Bare branches, unforgiving wind, and foggy skies
She lived under secrets and lies
Harsh light, numb cheeks, and skin the color of cream
She's pulling at the seams
Trying to create a tapestry out of rags
But she's running out of time
Time is a fickle thing, full of loops and curves
Missed opportunities
Hollow hope and distractions, if only to cope
One day, she stops
And stares at the snow on ground
Her fragile footsteps
The silence that speaks and groans
She hasn't had the will to paint for so long
If she could paint her life
She thinks she'd name it
"Beauty and the Beast" after the tale Nesta had loved
For she is the beast prowling in the forest of beauty
There's a wolf howling in her soul
And she can feel the clanking of her bones
It wants to trample, and break, and scorch, and take
Anything but give
She has given so much
She just wants to live