A Poem by Vivianne Cedeno

The Warrior Princess and the Egg On Her Head

Dedicated to Kelly with Lots of Love!

There once was a princess

Who looked over her land, 

She cared for her people, 

The town, and even the sand.

One day, she woke from her bed,

It was the oddest thing,

A bump, oh, dear...  

There was an egg on her head!

“An egg on my head!?

I don’t understand! 

I’ve never seen such a thing,

In all of the land!”

She went down to the village

And people would stare,

It made her taller,

And looked great with her hair.

“I want an egg too!”

Said the merchant’s wife,

Who never wanted something

So bad in her life.

“Woman!” said the merchant.

“Have you gone mad?

I’ll buy you a ribbon.  

Will that make you glad?”

“No!” she said.

“I want an egg on my head.

I’ll wear it like the princess

And then paint it red.”

All of the town’s people, 

They wanted eggs too.

Some used oval shaped rocks,

And stuck them with glue.

While the people were busy

adorning their heads,

The princess discovered

A new world instead.

She stopped all her duties,

And went to explore,

She smelled flowers, ate berries,

And skipped down the shore. 

Peacefully sitting under the sun

And blue sky,

With the warm sand beneath her,

She started to cry.

“What an odd thing,

This egg up above.

It helped me see my kingdom

Through eyes filled with love.”

With tears of joy,

She started to wonder, 

How she hadn’t noticed

the approaching thunder.

All of a sudden,

gray clouds rushed in,

and in the midst of the rain drops,

She started to spin.

She was in awe

And enchanted with this world.

The rain made her blissful,

As she continued to twirl.

The king and the queen watched

Their daughter in the rain,

Hearing her incredible laugh,

They knew she’d never be the same.

(To be continued...)

Per Vivianne, the ending is pending.