This poem is based on the tale from Grimm's Fairy Tales, titled "The Goose Girl." For those of you who don't know, "The Goose Girl" is about a princess who was betrothed to the prince of another kingdom. On her way to meet her fiancé, her lady-in-waiting attempts to murder her. Though she was able to run away, her servant took her place, pretending to be her. With her mistress about to marry the prince, the princess finds a job tending the king's geese. Eventually, the princess reveals her true identity and lives happily ever after with her prince.
Goose Girl's Tale
I considered you my good friend,
Yet you deliberately betrayed me.
I was the princess of my kingdom,
Yet you stole away my title.
You were my lady-in-waiting,
But you could wait no longer.
You attempted to gut my throat,
When the Queen was not watching.
You knew Mother had betrothed me,
Yet you stole him away, too.
For why did you do all this?
It was lust and greed and hunger.
If I had known you better,
I would have thought you a witch.
A wicked witch who loathes her master,
And attempts to murder for thy title.
Oh well, you have now gone,
And serve thy punishment well.
For I was a princess and you were my maid,
For I became the goose girl,
And nothing shall ever change.