A yellow spotty dress
Knee length high
Hung on the girl
With knotted brown hair
Big brown eyes
Sparkled with light
She walked a mile
To the the dark damp liar
Under the wood apple trees
Over the berry vines
Tiny feet crunching
Rough orange gravel
She walked a mile
Not knowing what awaits
She turned the key knob
To the horror that awaits
“Hi my beautiful,
Come inside
You must be tired
Let’s get you comfortable”
“I have got you something
A sparkly new dress
Don’t worry my Red Riding Hood
I am not the wolf, and I won’t bite”
A tickle here, a tickle there
It all started with
A giggle
And a cackle
The child she was
An innocent soul
She didn’t know in fact,
It was the wolf in disguise
Frozen feet, shaky body
Spotty dress damped in sweat
She knew somehow that
The wolf was ready for its supper
From the strength of an angel
A sudden jolt of force
She frees herself
From the iron clasp of the wolf
She ran into the woods
To sit on a wooden log
To hug herself tight
Coz she was so frightened
Big brown eyes
Lost their spark
It looked as if the mile back home
Was made of glass spears
The puny body
Went to bed that night
Sluggish but alert
Drowsy yet awake
She knew
She got punished
For a crime
She didn’t commit
Years passed by
She forgot about the wolf
But she knew she must live
In the prison of mistrust
One day she breathed
And aired about the wolf
To the trusted lover of hers
Whom she thought loved her
“What were you doing alone
In the dark damp liar?”
With that she knew
It was time to build the wall higher
Years passed by
Making her forget
About the walls of the prison
That she painted with colour
A tiny red dress
Swaying on another soul
Her big brown eyes
Sparkled with light
She kissed her mum
And radiated love and light
She whispered in her cells
“It’s time to see the light”
With tears rolling down
She whispered her baby
“I promise my baby
I will see the light”
Nisanka MW
(Photo credit : Unsplash.com)
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