Prince Severin: Out of the Coffin
Voices: happy, sad, and longing
Have all been whispered around my coffin.
Outside my coffin forged of tears
My story was long forgotten.
I heard all and remembered all
Of what the voices had to say,
And through the loyalty of a boy named Ben
I learned the length of a day.
I had been sleeping in there long;
I had lost all sense of time.
That is until the boy named Ben
Became a friend of mine.
Ben and his sister, Hazel,
Told me stories every day.
Tales of knights so full of bravery
Who always saved the day.
I fell in love with Ben
Over the years of secrets and stories.
Of course he did not know that,
He did not even know me.
I was saved from the coffin by Sir Hazel,
The noble knight by night.
It was through her that I was able
To get out of the coffin to fight.
I protected the humans;
We killed the Alderking,
But when all was said and done
I had the noble Sir Hazel to thank.
My father is dead,
My sister is happy,
And I am still alive.
It is to Ben and Hazel
That I will be forever grateful.
For together they have
Made my life whole.
(inspired by The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black)