To The Princess Aurora After Giving It Some Thought

whose dream could last a 100 years
and be deemed a penalty,
even a tragedy?

aurora.
and everything dreamed around her sympathetically:
drenched

in the same lilac Light.
who else in art achieved this

irreparable harmony?
of death.
in life.

at least a postponement
of all the surrounding;
castle and kingdom and woods asleep too

except for those on the outskirts gossiping,
the clueless princes, and the one True;
the wild defending Briar.

all else hibernating
with Beauty struck down;
all incapable of grieving.
.
sleep and you dream.
awake and the dream comes clear.
oh, dear, cried the fairies

thinking all was lost.
but she was at the beginning
of Graces.

mary angela douglas 5 november 2015