Once upon a time, there lived a fool who fell in love with the island princess
of Yule. Unaware that at the exact same moment in time, there lived a
princess who had fallen in love with the most handsome of fools. Legend
tells us that the fool proposed his hand for marriage, but the princess was
arranged to marry a rich king with a famed horse and jeweled carriage.
Defying family traditions, social norms, and royal decree, the princess and
the fool declared their love in the sea. Bartering her jewelry for a boat and
some rations, her fool used his education to navigate them safe passage.
Many years passed, until the day two strange travelers arrived in the
bay. Their faces felt familiar, yet appeared foreign and far away.
For the island had forgotten about the princess and the fool,
so their children blended in. Gaining trust. Attending school.
More years passed, and the children became adults, acquiring
political positions, causing change with real results. Another
decade passes, and the children are now the monarchs, when an
old boat docks in the bay sporting the crest of their family's birthmark.
The Princess and the Fool stepped out onto the sand, and smiled at
how their love created a revelation throughout the land.
About the Creator
Kale Ross
Author | Poet | Dog Dad | Nerd
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A Flower Song
Apparently the Aztecs, Toltecs, Chichimecs and other Mexica were crazy about poetry. Despite the book-burning, slaughter, and epidemics that characterized the early stages of the Spanish conquest of the empires of Mexico, some hundreds of poems from the height of their tradition come down to us in Classical Nahuatl, preserved by Nahua and Spanish scholars of the 16th century. One of the most famous poets, Nezahualcoyotl, was a sage-king who opposed the cult of human sacrifice associated with Tezcatlipoca, God of the Smoking Mirror, and favored Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent. Flowers and feathers were the favorite offering of the Plumed Serpent. Moreover, flowers and feathers are a metaphor for poetry. Individual words, scattered petals, the down of tropical birds. The temples of blood sacrifice could be transformed into temples of flower and song. A sublimated offering to the Heart of Earth and the Heart of Sky encapsulated in the Classical Nahuatl kenning for poetry: in xōchitl in cuīcatl, meaning, "the flower and the song." The following poem is part of a longer work, and is in a state of flux, so take the waters as they flow:
By Rob Angeli3 days ago in Poets
Comments (4)
Nice job. True love wins out and the kingdom moves into the right hands after all. It's a well told little tale.
A very creative short story!
Oh wow, this was so amazing! Loved the story you told with your poem!
Loved it!