The shadow. The Distorting Mirror Kingdom

The mirror was tight wrapped
and furnished to Snow Queen,
to glad the steel heart.
The master's bowed his head
and stretched the modest gift,
beginning echoed yarn.

He told to cold Snow Queen
that it could grant a wish
and give her more appeal.
She took the glass in green
and smooth slight glossy silk.
The hall had filled with chill.

The mirror showed a girl.
A small and fragile cage
was clenched in her hands.
There sit a red-chest bird.
The Queen fell in a rage
and turned away the head.

She chased a dwarf away.
The chill had filled the Earth
and wrapped the World with frost.
The dwarf urged up new day
to catch that red-chest bird:
such master's sharp mind was.

       by Thea Ariss 10.02.2024


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