Snow

And as the princess goes even deeper into herself...the land finally has its taste of winter snow...it is time for all things to rest and heal...white covers the land and the princess finds her inner garden also white with snow...she wanders the path to the center of the garden....a small flower still blooms on the Rose of Sharon there...the princess bends down...takes a deep breath of its perfume..and watches as it retreats from the snow now beginning to cover the petals...it needs the nourishment the snow brings and in summer it may bloom again...the snow grows deeper and the princess can hardly walk in its depths...she falters and falls...alone in her garden...the snow begins to cover the princess...she is so tired...her eyes close and she dreams of the Valley of the Sage...it too is covered in winter white...but to the princess it is ever green and beautiful...the home she longs for...

in her dreams the princess is with her prince in the land she loves...but in reality the princess is fading...into the snow of her inner world...disappearing...the dream is so much sweeter than reality...she prefers to dream...no more must she deal with Wizards and Wicked Queens...in her dreams life can be whatever she wishes...she can be with her prince...in a land where he still loves her...who cares if all around her declares she is crazy...life has driven her here to this place..and if she really is crazy at least she will be happier here than in the world of the sane...the princess lives in her story...lives in the world of her own making...it is where she wants to be...the one place she feels safe and still loved by the prince...maybe daytime will bring her once again to the land of  real life...the land of the living...but night will find her once again...here in her dream world...where Miracles happen...where the prince is by her side and all is right with her world...here in the land of make believe...

here where the princess writes each night...writes to the prince...telling him how she feels...Here where the prince reads her words and drives her crazy wondering why...