Jezebel-The Sleeping Beauty (Part 2-The Dinner) Poem by Marieta Maglas

(The royal hunters were coming home.)

The deserted forest remained on the top of the mountain
Left by the hunters. They were resting near a natural fountain.
Vipers frightening could see boars, and deer being dead,
But also the king, laughing, drinking water, and washing his head.

Keeping the balance of their galloping horses, the hunters could see
The stony marble statues of the castle, guarding it with their esprit.
Basking in their glory, the hunters sang the winner's song with grace.
Fluttering their flags, they rejoiced to review their home place.

(Jezebel left the cave and entered the house for the dinner.)

Entering the house, Jezebel called John while climbing the stairs.
The early return of their parents could catch them almost unawares.
They tried to refresh very well in order to go down for the dinner.
Making her way downstairs, she wanted to know if she was still a sinner.

Mary was also her aunt and a nun. She taught Jezebel many prayers.
She entered the room, kissed her, and took a seat on one of the chairs.
She greeted her royal parents, and her twelve years old brother, John.
Soon after the familiar dinner had finished, her brother began to yawn.

(Mary, Jezebel, and John, the twelve years old, son of the royal pair, were waiting for Richard, and Anne to return in order to have their family dinner.)

John is a dreamer', said Mary. 'Sometimes, the dream is an illusion.'
'This life can be an illusion', replied Anne, the queen. 'It's easy to see'.
Richard said, 'Anne, the life can be a chain because of a dream of confusion'.
Mary smiled concluding, 'From Hell, sin, bondage, slavery, God has set us free.'

' Sometimes, I recognize I'm a dream catcher', said the king. 'Well, I can't
Make really be mine any of those ideal dreams, though for Heaven I got a grant.'
'The deep forest knows to hide the beauty when the wild monsters can smile.
Forest can make things be very hard to be found when very narrow is its aisle.'

'I am here to witness the present, and to be sure that you forgot the past',
Mary continued. 'I want to save Jezebel in her strong struggle to the last.
I'm happy to understand her fate, and to find out that a miracle has seen heaven.'
'What do you really mean, my dear aunt? Look at the clock, it's already eleven.'

'Yes, it's too late for you, dear Jezebel. It's time for you to go to sleep! '
'I'm going to bed exactly like those sad things that, in the night, creep.
Not any longer I play hide or jump on my bed, though once I really liked this.
I really feel, and then I stand back up because I have grown up. That time I miss.'

Anne said, 'I use to walk in the garden and to smell the orchid flowers.
Sometimes, I stop for a few minutes to admire those beautiful two towers,
But even so, I can't avert my thoughts from the disaster of my destiny's path.
Before starting to ease my new suffering, I have to ease my old wrath.'

The queen remembered that she avoided inviting her sister to Jezebel's
Christening, but Surah came up with a few curse words to the ring of bells.
She said, 'When she will be sixteen, she will injure herself with a spindle, and die! '
'Please God, don't let this happen', said Mary while holding her hands up high.

'I remember that I prayed for Surah to become a good person,
But I received nothing from God. Surah's life has continued to worsen.'
''When she will hurt herself, she will fall into a deep sleep instead of dying''.
Using these words, Surah changed her curse. Meanwhile, my queen was crying.'