Aurelia - Kendra Smith

She steps over shadows the path by the castle

Gold earrings and hair and the moon

Dress like a sail it is billowing past her

She’s gone down to the wishing well

Ships made of copper pennies and silver

Have sailed just like wishes away

The flowers that float past her face in the water

Will wither and soon fade away

Trees guard the moment when all is forgiven

Light burst of blinding within

The crickets are mute as she’s floating past them

Aurelia is sailing away

She descends into egypt in search of the treasure

The brilliance that once was her own

They clothed her in adamant which can crush iron

And took from her the bright robe

Straight to the serpent hard by his dwelling

She waits for his slumber to cease

Wearing their clothes lest they betray her

Because she has come from afar

Waiting in silence she senses the stranger

Who dwells in the midst of the sea

The visions inside her remind her of patterns

Writ on her heart long ago