Princess

Satin sheets and raspberry wine

The simple life would never do

His beautiful princess so divine

Can never will her heart to you

 

The royal castle made of stone

Surrounded with gates of gold

But all leave the princess alone

For the king's emotion is cold

 

So each night the princess cries

Life arranged by the king's rule

And something inside her dies

For years she's played his fool

 

The king's heart had failed him

His princess lives out each day

Her fairytale ending now grim

Love must never come her way

 

©S. Austin Vincoski



Death's Embrace

(Dec. 3, 1991)

No smile will again crease the lips

The soul has withered with defeat

A heart beat and strained till silent

Deaths scent was strong and sweet

Mind ceased all means of searching

No function, no response to flee

Every memory was once so sacred

Now vile like venom clings to thee

Pure and peaceful this eternal sleep

Mercy has cast this indelible sign

Prayers answered, never to wake

It's shadow's swarm and intertwine

With a last sigh the spirits rejoice

Beckoning to their angelic place

The life that died and lives again

Enters unknown realms of space

 

©S. Austin Vincoski