‘Twas one small prick that stole your destiny
Entwined your heart in thorns for century
Beneath a curse you drifted off to sleep
Escaped into a dreamland dark and deep
But this enchantment has a simple clause
One true love’s kiss from prince will nightmare pause
At peace, enwrapped in blissful dreams you wait
Convinced that handsome prince will change your fate
But Charming’s smile has vanished from all sight
And long ago the clock did strike midnight
Alone upon your bier in soft repose
A beauty who puts shame to any rose
The sun does envy radiance so fair
The moon aspire to shimmer of your hair
With each soft breath from satin lips you call
Bold knight to rescue you from sandman’s thrall
Uncertain rogue, I stand at Beauty’s side
Shadowed in doubt that I am qualified
To dare with foolish kiss against the spell
Against sad tale that I might not untell
I am to you a phantom, undreamed of
Though tortured heartbeats ache with pain of love
A simple man, not royal but in heart
Who, humbled by your glory, cannot part
And if, with touch of lips, I bold oppose
The drowsy chains that bind you, Briar Rose
Would you, unmoved by me, refuse to wake
Or would you, with cold look, my heart forsake
Oh, if you could not waking share your grace
Your endless curse of sleep I would embrace
Asleep, and but all time a moment seem
Content to join my sleeping beauty’s dream
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