Moment – for Prompt 55 Slowly Dawning Horror

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There was a moment when you stood upon the stair

and all the lights of the world coalesced

cascading in your lustrous hair, and men in rooms

played billiards into the night

And you thought you could still make it

You thought that you just might

You were perfection in a ball gown

A May Queen waiting for the fair

Until you realised what was really waiting there

The chosen girl now for the carnival you stand

as all the dreams of this dark city

on such remedies are planned, and judges old

are nodding as the sentences are made

And you thought that you weren’t frightened

You thought you were so brave

And you bow for the masked fellow

who comes to take you by the hand

There’s something here that you must understand

Years later you’re remembered as the special, pretty girl
They spread roses…

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