Outside the castle’s wall
\nby cricketjeff on April 14, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
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The castle walls confine her to a tapestry of dreams
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Reflections of the life that passes by
\nShe weaves the lives of strangers into sweet romantic schemes
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 An evil curse decrees she cannot fly
\nThe world outside is mirrored by the glass upon the wall
\nShe’ll never see reality before the heavens fall<\/p>\n
The road that leads to Arthur lies outside the castle gate
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And all his knights are stitched within her web
\nShe doesn’t see the faces of the farmers or the great
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The tide outside that seems to flow and ebb
\nThe life she craves is passing just outside her castle wall
\nBut cursed to never see it unless mighty boulders fall<\/p>\n
Her dreams are interrupted by the echoes of a song
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A voice that wraps her soul in silken bands
\nA breeze conducts the magic as the owner rides along
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The tapestry is flowing from her hands
\nShe has to know the singer who has breached her castle wall
\nThe majesty of music has decreed that she will fall<\/p>\n
Unbidden by her consciousness she weaves the singer’s path
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 She’ll follow on the way to Camelot
\nIgnoring all the warnings of the dreadful aftermath
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 She has to find the voice of Lancelot
\nShe hurries to the river that’s outside the outer wall
\nThe boat will bear its mistress though her dreadful fate will fall<\/p>\n
No oars dip in the water and there isn’t any sail
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The boat is drawn towards her fatal plot
\nShe writes her name beside her as she feels her breathing fail
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It simply reads “The lady of Shalott”
\nShe touches land where Lancelot is standing on the wall
\nWho sighs to see a beauty that was doomed to such a fall.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\n“I am half-sick of shadows, said the Lady of Shalott”<\/p>\n
by John William Waterhouse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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