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frog prince


Fate is a mystery.                                                          

It controls history,

It's made whole nations kin,

Prevented and caused sin,

And yet it is unseen.

Fate uses anything

And everything

To achieve it's purpose

Regardless of trespass

On a person’s planned life.

 

Thus, fate rudely invades

The life of a proud prince.

It introduces king

And enchanter who brings

A cure for the prince’s pride.

The monarch had long searched

For a way to besmirch

His one and only heir;

As a person was rare

Who had faith in the prince.

 

The problem’s solution

Was a sorcerer’s spell.

The king informed the mage

A gold ball was the wage

If he could change the prince.

The sorcerer agreed.

A potion was received

That was emerald green.

The spell was slipped unseen

 

Into the royal meal.

 
Then the prince’s mouth widened
And his fair skin darkened
To the same emerald.
He shrank and unsettled
The mutation’s viewers.
The king after hearing
Of his son’s form, weeping
Commanded that the brew
Be reversed for the due
Treasure to be given.
The sorcerer enraged
Threatened the frightened, changed
Frog prince. To save his son,
The monarch had him run
To their ally’s kingdom.
Before parting, the king
Told his son of a spring
On her royal estate
That knew of his escape
From his cursed appearance.
The frog prince travelled there,
Came upon the queen fair,
And voiced his tragic plight.
She declared that the night
Advised men through the pond.
He decided to wait
At that pond for his fate.
When midnight, at last, came,
The water showed no shame
On the prince’s old face.

 

The image disappeared

And the queen’s bed prepared

Thrice materialized.

Soon, the frog prince realized

That three nights must be spent

On the queen’s bed to stop

The cursed prince of hops.

The prince pleaded to the queen

But she refused to clean

Her bed for the frog prince.


The frog prince once prideful

Was now pitiful.

The sorcerer’s potion

Was not a cursed motion.

It achieved it's purpose:

the frog prince was cured.

 

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