(It hit her like a Tanka.)
She expected him
to be her knight in armor,
sweep her off her feet.
But in time she found the ground
held a strong sword of her own.
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Shared for a prompt over at dVerse:
http://dversepoets.com/2012/03/17/poetics-once-upon-a-time/
ha love the parenthesis…and i am glad she found her own strength in the end..
nice..love the title and the parenthesis as well…sometimes it needs a bit until we discover our real strength..
So true for so many princesses, if not all 🙂 A short and bitter-sweet fairytale. Love it.
Ooh, ouch! I’m sure you’ve been on the inside of my life somehow! Love this. penny x
And a lovely tanka it is! Love it! Nice job, De! 🙂
This is great, De.
http://lkkolp.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/601/
Ha! Love your subtitle. 🙂
No knights in shining armor or amour…
Shared over at Real Toads today:
http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-thoughts-on-tanka-part-1-hisashi.html
I like the revelation ~ Thanks for sharing De 🙂
It’s not often that I don’t know what to say, but I guess this says it all.
Love that she found her own strength.
Love the humor in your subtitle! Finding our own solid ground is sometimes difficult but in the end, better than waiting to be rescued!
True that!! Empowering. I love the vision you’ve created here, De.
Recovery can be instigated by a tanka or a let down
Love it! Your subtitle made me smile!
Made me smile, and it’s so real and true.
Brilliant… a whole little story on that happy ever after myth
love this!
She is strong … I like that. 🙂
… isn’t it wonderful when reality hits …..
I love those strong roots 😀
love this De, that inner courage we must all muster at times.
From dependent to independent. Love it!
I think I read it more accurately this time … the “her” is the ground … I read it as if the ground is holding the sword, the guy knocks the princess off her feet, and she falls on the sword. I read it as if he destroys her, metaphorically speaking.