Monday, April 9, 2012

Poetry Emotion: The Resurrection of Peter Pan









He sat cross legged and shivering


A London winter blowing cruel


As Tinker spiraled round... and round


Telling him he was a fool


She spouted words brashly


Unleashing her deceit


He knew a fairy's fury


And knew the sleeping girl's Belief


His young heart had no idea


Of what kept him always true


But Tinker loved him dearly


And never told him that she knew


As Peter watched her sleeping


The wind grew less cold


He knew that this girl Wendy


Would help his youthfulness unfold




Despite Tink’s best efforts


He tapped upon the glass


His knuckles leaving marks


That for a reason seemed to last


The girl Wendy stirred softly


Then awakened like one ordained


But there was no surprise in her eyes


Seeing Peter on her pane


He said, "I can take your hand with certainty


And fly you to a star


I’ll take a right and follow it


To land that isn’t far"


"I know it’s hard to trust," he said


One who can truly fly


But those who are frightened by our wings


Will never reach the sky"


Wendy heard the truth


And did not care if it was a dream


She thought, If all dreams are like this one


Then nothing is as it seems




As Wendy came to the window


Tinker swam about Peter's head


Bickering and wrangling


Of a decision he would dread


The fairy's voice meant nothing


As he watched Wendy's hand


Flip the latch that would lead his heart


Into the Promised Land...


"Who are you, little boy?"


"With clothes so bizarre?"


And though it's dark outside,


"You glow like a star."


Peter could not help but smile


The fairy's shine still aglow


"I am the Pan," he grinned


"And there's a place you need to know."


Tinker wheeled in fury


Scolding him with pride


Peter whispered, "Tink your breath is wasted,"


"On what I feel inside."


Wendy took Peter's hand


Despite her gown and the cold


"Are you ready?" Peter asked


"To never grow old?"










© Copyright 2012 Edward Randall Arriaga
*Image by the artwork of Brom all Rights reserved