her students loved her
or so the old story goes
a lady who challenged them
without being cruel
her book bag filled with volumes
of Whitman and Blake
a girl who might have lived
a life of Cinderella if she could find
a dove to bare her wishes
a gown to wear to the ball
a coach with horses fine
yet no Prince emerged
to carry a slipper for her
to fit her feet
plenty of suitors
including the fool
who took from her
what she would not give
and plunged her back into
the harsh world of cinders and sadness
what a fool that man was
to have received her Grace's
and this was not enough
he needed to seize her
and own her and control her
and in the end destroyed
that part of her which gave him trust
why couldn't he be happy
with what she had offered
what she gave
why did he trade it all the way
to get nothing but grief
no Prince was he
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