Contemplating The Princess Vision Poem by Margaret Alice

Now that I have watched
The Princess Diaries I
refuse to return to reality -
I shall stay in her world
of fantasy, playing at being
a princess myself

Even though we’re being taught
not to think in terms of fairytales
- witches should scare us - with
the advice to see ourselves
as animals; science creating a
picture of hairless apes
who fell out of trees

I prefer to contemplate the
princess vision - somehow I
inflate on the inside when
playing at being more
than an ape - primitive
violence regresses us
to barbarism

But feel free to be an ape
as much as you like; while
I shall fly in the clouds,
floating about, creating scenes
in my own Wonderland
that make me feel
delirious with joy

While your sulky lips
are dragging on the ground,
I’m off to find the
beautiful magic
kindled in my mind
by all the fairytales
I‘ve ever found

Blowing a kiss
to all subjects in Fairytale-land;
the toad, the frog, the flying pig
the fairies, the elves - as well as
the crocodiles….