Poems I Wonder

Red Comb

Calm was the wind when the sun set and the moon rise,
The crickets started to come alive as the fireflies started to fly.
As the world grew darker and the houses brighter,
A room in the castle glows dimmer than the others.

A candle sits upon the window sill
To help her move about when she can't sit still.
The room is just like any other.
But it contains a mysterious power.

Everyone is afraid to see her uncovered.
For it would seem as if they are serving a monster.
She knows their works and whereabouts,
Yet she kept quiet, and closed her mouth.

As silent as a snake, she walks around.
When encountered by human, she receives a bow.
All the while, her head held high
Yet she never even met a single eye.

Some days, she hides in her room.
Some days, she dreams of a good groom.
Where servants would hover over her
To make her as beautiful as ever.

No soul would want to marry her.
Not one would dare want to see her.
Aside from the wanderers and the curious,
They would stare at her and feel something mysterious.

In her lonely dark corner,
She sat on a tub of warm water.
She scrubbed her skin a little too hard.
Some skin breaks out, that soon will leave a scar

Dried up and cold, she sat on her bed.
Draws out a comb, and started brushing her head.
If you somehow pass by her chamber when you wander at night,
You'll hear a soft cry; dead and empty inside.

It was the lady who mourns her existence.
A metal comb on her delicate soft hands.
Surrounded by nothing but darkness and silence,
As her warm blood drips down, onto the sheets it lands.

Mourning as she combed the reddest hair
As the blades from the comb brushed here and there.
Desperate to escape the mysterious power
With her entire being it tried to devour.

So strong was the pain inside,
So strong was her will to die.
To end the sufferings of her life
From the non-existent power deep inside.

In reality, it was just all in her mind.
As she softly mourn throughout the night,
With the candle quietly dancing with sparks,
She continued to comb her hair, in the dark.