A/N: Written for the Freeverse Frenzy Competition, poem 10, for the Pairing Set Bootcamp, pairing 10 – Helena/Baron, for the If You Dare Challenge, prompt 924 – Lady Hel.
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10. Lady Helena
She was a spiteful,
wilful child
But he was still swept
to sea by her tremulous body
on the mast.
He'd cut her down
if he could –
but her tongue was far
a weapon to be feared
more than the sailors hooves.
Her beautiful hear was plastered
firm upon her head
as though a crown
should sit there in its stead.
She had not
the grace and beauty
that slumbered in her blood
and steered her stone-like arm
But it was her will that hooked him
and pulled him in: the heart
that would not sway
But when fantasies filled her head
it was that same stubborn heart
that buried their lonely
bitter souls
In a forest squall.