lizzy sawdon

Once upon a time, a prince and a princess met somewhere on the other side of the world, in the land of ice and frozen fairies, somewhere where neither of them, nor her nor him, was expecting it to happen. Yet, they stood facing each other on a summer day and smiling they shaked hands. From that moment, their worlds were shaken too.

So innocent they were about how difficult it would be to be apart, about how difficult it would be to be together – after all, he was from the land of red cliffs and purple jungles and her home was in the land of grapes and cornfields – but, now, they were in love, and one day they would have to say goodbye.

That day came, and the raspberry loving princess had to leave and go home. She had to leave him. Well, the night before she left, the prince gave her a glowing mushroom, “This is my heart…” he whispered, “…and now that you have it I will come back for it”; he said and holds her tight. They had decided they were going to stay together, no matter what. ‘But where?’ was the question…

So, they travelled the world together, they cried, they smiled and laughed; they shared everything as they sacrificed everything. The only thing they wanted was to wake up facing each other, warm and holding hands, like on the day they met.

written by laura keski-vahala, 2010.

posted with approval of the author.