Merlin continues a run of lousiness
Dec. 5th, 2011 01:35 am( Spoilers for Merlin 4x09 and 4x10 )
On topics other than Merlin, back in the land where women exist and even get their own stories, here is a wonderful vid linked by
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Despite all of that, I’ve managed to see the Weeping Angel two-parter.
( Spoilers! Also contains thinky-thoughts and a wee bit of capslock. )Here's one I discovered over at Endicott Studios, a great resource for fairytale-related art and literature where I hung out while writing "Path of Needles." It's based on a tale called "East of the Sun, West of the Moon."
Seven long years I looked for you.
I wore seven pairs of iron shoes.
I ate seven loaves of iron bread.
I climbed seven iron mountains
until I reached this shore.
Here, it is always summer.
Here, the grass is soft underfoot, plums
and peaches fall sweet and ripe
right into our outstretched hands.
We lie at night on sheets edged with lace.
Why is it I cannot sleep?
I lie on the royal pillows,
the wind of your breath rises and falls,
a sliver of moon travels over the hills,
and I wait for sleep to come.
When I dream, I am on that road once more.
I follow a trail of purpose and will,
my legs are strong, and you
my dear are the moon
on the distant horizon.
I know iron. I know its weight. Its taste.
The rise and fall
of black, black hills.
Seven long years I looked for you.
Now I'm lost in this gentle green land.