We Can Scarcely Believe Poem by Daniel Brick
We Can Scarcely Believe
A courtier arrives at your estate, and
demands your two daughters over 18
take the test of the crystal slipper.
You know this story only too well,
and it always ends badly for you.
Your daughter is eloping on his noble black stallion.
His? No, his lordship's. After a brief chase,
he is captured and your Miranda isbrought back
to the court. No one even considers
her feelings, how hard this is for her
to pretend she was abducted, when instead
she surrendered, a dozen times she surrendered
to her rescurer, who is now traduced as
a rapist. When guards dragged him
from the torture chamber, his body limp
and bleeding, in a miraculous moment
his captors drsgged him past her, and
for a second their eyes clasped, and both
saw only love swelling with the truth of
passion. "I saw into your soul, my love,
and it is the mirror of my soul, your
truest thoughts now inhabit both of our souls."
The guards mocked him, beat him, threw
him in a dank cell. "Oh, my dear soul,
this prison is the latest test of
my capacity to love. I will not fail you."
And truly it had already been written
in the Book of Fate their love would prevail
and they would be true lovers for decade upon decade.
p.s. please give me an acknowledgment when you write the movie script. Thanks. :) bri
2 – line 13 rescurer [sic] traduce(d) ...I never heard the word " verb speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation" line 14 you change from one verb tense to another starting here. hmm? yes, it can be done... I'd REALLY like to know how " their love" prevailed. Ah, maybe the lordship kept them locked in the same cell for decades and amused himself watching them? And maybe her ladyship also watched? ? bri :)
1 - line 1 courtier: " noun a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen" line 7 lordship: " 2. (in the UK) a respectful form of reference or address to a judge, a bishop, or a man with a title" So, it seems the courtier 'borrowed' the king's horse? (cont.)
how hard this is for her to pretend she was abducted, when instead she surrendered.... //.... Exquisitely beautiful poem. Unfolding several truths about those who have been in love and can go to any length to reclaim their rightful place.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Surely, love will make them immortal. Between the two, life's reality and own dreams they both are lost in the dust of the time. Love is never seen in right perspective since time immemorial and same story gets repeated with some twist and turns but the end result is the same. Your poem glorified their love and sacrifice. I liked the flow of your poem.5*** Please correct typo " his captors drsgged him past her" " dragged"