Cont'd
In bewilderment, the girl drops the rose
and the prince is stabbed in the heart by a thorn. The girl runs
but when looking back she sees that she has hurt him, she doesn't
know why. The prince gets back up without question, without wonder.
He takes her in his arms, shows her what he is and she can only
stand there in astonishment.
The path she is traveling leads her to a diversion. Does she take
it, or does she turn around and go back to what she knows as home?
The prince calls her name as tears roll down his cheeks, longing to
carry her away in his arms to a place she finds strange and
overwhelming. She feels his hand slipping through her fingers, she
tries to hold on but she hears her name from afar. Confused and
unsure, she runs in the field away from both voices. Unsure of her
actions, she sits to think: "if I go or if I stay, I will question
the other way".
She gets up and lets her heart lead her to what it wants, walking
in the same direction for days. Suddenly she sees a man standing at
the end of the path, the girl wonders who he is. As she gets closer
she realizes that he is the prince, but he is no longer the same.
Dressed in ragged clothes he is now standing in a field of broken
dreams. Instantly the girl begins to cry, she can't believe that
one sudden moment could change everything.
As she passes him, he brushes her shoulder and she looks the other
way. She can't help but think that the path of life has shown her
that it's wonderful to love but hard to understand. For every step
she takes walking away from the ragged man she feels a deeper
understanding that in the end she was given what she deserved for
hurting the ones she loved.
by April Isabelle
