It only takes a blink of the eye

[elixir]

i miss being a child

Changeling
by Enia Saaski Oak

My dear Mumsie,
I thought I'd better tell you,
I think you should warned,
That I will not be here
when you wake up in the morn.

There will be another girl,
Your real daughter don't you know.
With hair as golden as the sun,
And skin as pale as snow.

I'm not the real Rebekah,
no matter what you tell the folk.
My

Comments

[timeofyourlife4]

that's one heck of an evocative poem; kind of like my main man robert frost's stuff. awesome.

- e

[elixir]

ha ha.. i went to robert frost middle school and i've only ever read one of his poems

[timeofyourlife4]

lemme guess - it's either "out, out", which they've practically taught in every english class ive ever taken, or his best one - "the road not taken". ive never understood that arrangement, actually; theres so much more meaning in the latter. but you rock for going to robert frost middle school. haha