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Born in the shadows of my parents

Shielded, guarded, fortified by them

Because they said the world is full of malice and evil

Because they said you are unmindful still

But when the prince entered

Forts were splintered and fragmented

Guards died and were lamented

Shields were shattered and bend

There was chaos

There was mayhem

I felt that somehow I shouldn't have let them

For even in the shadow

I was no Princess, I was a warrior

But my shrouded heart

The prince did tenderly stir

He reached my locus

And ignited a relentless flame

He whispered to my soul

'becomes futile that which remains the same'

They gasped hearing his surname

In their eyes was shame, on their tongue words full of blame

Even though I felt uncaged and untamed

They saw me as maimed

So tell me dear prince,

Will you be my endgame?

Or will you be the memory with which I walk around

The affliction which I can't wear on my sleeves

The affliction I smother, through my eyes deep down

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