Snow White (Part 1) Poem by Marieta Maglas

Hers were the beautiful blue eyes and the black, long hair,
She watched her blood freezing to burn in the air.
Her pale lips were keeping the mark of her love glow,
She wanted a child having the skin as white as the snow,


The hair was as black as ebony, the lips as red as the blood.
That red on that white looked as beautiful as a flower bud.
She was sewing and watching the ebony of her window frame.
An angel became visible in the air to tell her the girl's name.


''Light up this love, my Lord, and give me this child of light
Unbearable is this pain; the angels light up my soul and sight.''
Coming up the stairs, the king saw all and told his queen,
'This white angel is the most beautiful creature I've ever seen! ''


The queen's heart used to be like a little book being unread,
But in front of her husband, it has become an open thread.
He tenderly kissed her, ''Your broken heart is no longer dead,
Because for Snow White on the snow, your secret has bled.''


When she gave birth to her child, the sun rose to be so bright
And everything in the castle could be seen in the holy light,
But when the king came to see them, he heard only the sighs.
When he saw his dead queen, sad tears flooded his black eyes.


While taking care of his child as a lonely, sad father,
The king thought of bringing Snow White another mother.
''Light up this life, my Lord, because I have only fears and sighs,
Change my fault, because I need a new morn in my sad eyes! ''


He married again, but the queen's heart was mercilessly beating.
She was like a dangerous snake and poisoned was her greeting.
Her sarcastic lips were always keeping the mark of her hatred,
Her powers were hidden, because for her the devil was sacred.



She kept her frozen air, although the snow was melting in Spring,
Her words could remain suspended in the air to freeze everything.
‘'Mirror, dear Mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all?
‘'You, my queen, are fairest of all'', echoed the mirror in the hall.




The Snow White grew up becoming more beautiful than the queen,
The king told her, 'You're the most beautiful child I have ever seen! ''
When the mirror told the queen, ‘'You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
She added, ''Little Snow White is still a thousand times fairer than you.''


The king started seriously to think of the passion they had known
‘Cause the queen's self-satisfaction and insensibility have grown.
He realized that it was a wretchedness to continue sharing their bed.
He wanted to open a dialog with her, but the words left all unsaid.