Lace & Ribbons

Soft porcelain skin,
so white and perfect.
Smooth as silk with no blemish in sight.
Auburn eyes so vivid,
they can burn holes right though your soul.
Her long soft hair,
the color of mahogany.
It flows over her shoulders just as water flows over a cliff.

What is a girl like this,
doing in a dark forest?
Sitting alone in a clearing.
All alone.
Her dress, black as the night sky.
It resembles that of the old Victorian kind.
Elegantly detailed with lace and ribbons.

There she sits all alone,
gazing at the stuffed monkey,
she has tightly grasped in her hands.
She looks so sad.
She twirls the little tuft of hair
on the monkey's head.
A smile slowly appears across her lips.
She tilts her head to the side,
as though she is trying to get it's attention,
but since the monkey is merely a toy,
it does nothing.

Saddened by this she lifts her head back up and frowns.
Her lips so full and plump.
The colour of pink forget-me-nots.
So light and pale they complement her skin.
She looks up from the monkey and round at the trees.
A look of disappointment rushes over her face.
What is she waiting for?
Why does she remain there all alone?

She looks at the monkey one again,
then squeezes it tighter, and brings it to her chest.
She looks as though she is grieving.
For what?
For who?
Her head falls, causing her hair to cover her face.
all is silent,
even as she weeps.

She cries for quite some time,
not once can it be heard.
As the light begins to die,
as do her sobs.
She holds the monkey up into the last of the fading light,
which shines upon her face,
revealing stains from her tears.

As the last of the light fades away,
She puckers her lips,
and she begins to hum a tune,
a soft but minor tune.
She looks at the plush monkey and begins to sing:

" Gone, gone, away with the sun, you faded away,
yet nothing to me did you say, goodnight goodnight,
my dear old friend, away away you shall fly like a dove,
away away, you flew from me my love..."
Her voice clear as crystal and pure as ice.
"Away with the sun you did go, forever in the ground, cold like snow, gone my only light, leave me here trapped forever in night.
Here I shall wait for my time to come, for my final breath to leave, for my days to be done.
When that times comes to you I shall run, for you will always be the one"
Tears begin to fall form her eyes again.
She pulls the monkey close and kisses it.

She brings her lips to it's ear
and whispers something,
something soft and gentle.
Once again a smile peaks out form the cracks of her mouth,
even as the tears flow she smiles.
"When that times comes for my final breath to leave, for my days to be done.
Here I shall wait for my time to come, to you I shall run, for you will always be the one
for you will always be the one
for you will always be the one..."
she sings these lines over and over,
her sweet voice begins to wobble and fluctuate between notes,
until she can no longer keep the tune,
and in it's place,
a scream.

The light has vanished replaced by the darkness of night.
as the air grows cold,
the girl with porcelain skin and auburn eyes,
huddles closely to the large oak tree,
and awaits her time, to leave the world,
to be with the one she loves again...

Morgan.E.Doowrah
©2008