'Bound And Gagged (Rev.) 22/10/09 Poem by Margaret Alice

Afloat in jacaranda clouds
perfumed with sweet white
jasmine, another universe
a heroine in a lovely dress
converses with a protagonist
who does not exist

My book about a kidnapped
prince, slave to servants of a
rich man’s whim, heart broken
when unrecognized by wizard
and ogre demanding to see
the rich man’s son – not him

My refuge from reality where
I bury fairy dust that magics
life into something wonderful,
determined to stay bound and
gagged until all my work is done