Embers aglow, sear her soul

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She sat by the cinders, her work all done,
listening to the crackling sound,  
weary hands, in the red glow she warmed,
the sparks dying out slowly, she saw,
waiting still, till they were gone.
Cinderella, by the cinders sat,
 content; but a tad forlorn.
The world she knew was vain and contemptuous,
her step-sisters and mum, devious souls.
Crouch she did when they yelled her commands,
deep within though, she had the cleanest heart.
So pure was she, the cinders melted, molten surged,
nothingness replaced the air by the hearth.
A stroke of luck took her to the prized Ball,
the fairy had said, this much and no more.
Caught up in the moment she didn't
see the clock strike, as she should have before.
Pandemonium, panic and back to clinkers she was,
the proverbial prince had a relic from their time,
it didn't take much for him to define,
she was the one with the golden heart and mind,
the missing shoe fitted too,
he reckoned it was divine.
Her world, was complete, she wanted no more,
the cinders, she picked, cupping them
tenderly, as they quietly singed her palms.

Comments

said…
Every word,so alive with feeling.It can be discerned thus,only by you.
18 October 2012 at 13:23
Dr Prakhar Kumar said…
Beautiful....only a beautiful & pure heart can express the feelings of Cinderella so beautifully....
21 October 2012 at 01:20
Frank said…
So Cinders may sooner than she expects go to the ball if her luck changes for the better! Apparently the dancing is good in Brazil at the moment so I hear. There are of course many interpretations of the Cinderella story, the feminist one which was popular in the 1970's after the publication of the Female Eunuch. The communist one and the revisionist one. I prefer the pantomime version with the Widow Twanky, the cross dressing principal boy/girl, the heroine herself etc. etc. On another point there have been in the past two or three years some reasonable English translations of at least two of Moliere's plays by Roger McGough (which have started out at the Liverpool Playhouse) which have been played with a dry pantomime sensibility. The only way the English could easily absorb Moliere. Your blogging does on occasion takes one and all to interesting places unless I have misunderstood you.
23 May 2013 at 15:01
Suverchala said…
That is a good one Richard, ...Cinderella is going to Brazil if her luck changes for the better...just hope there is a prince charming along with the dance...and yes I think my thoughts are manifestations that take people several palces just like I like to travel, literally and sometimes just inside my head;-)
23 May 2013 at 20:31
Suverchala said…
Gosh places...too many typos
24 May 2013 at 01:51
Frank said…
Maybe palaces and places who knows? A good blogger like yourself holds up a mirror to their souls, so share with their followers what is on their mind at the time. Your blogs have always been to me and seemingly to the other followers a bracing insight into your thoughts and feelings. Although there is a growing serenity and inner peace coming through. Which can only be to the good of all concerned but mostly for you.
24 May 2013 at 04:27
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