Tell me a Story

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He sits engulfed in his armchair

A gnarled old man wizened like a tree

Silver moonbeams dance in his snow-white hair

And a leather bound book lies open on his knee

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She sits at his feet by the fireplace

Watching the flames flicker and twirl

With an insatiable hunger in her shining face

For the enchanting tales that unfurl

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A handsome Prince rescues his fair bride from a tower

The Dragon rumbles like an earthquake on his fiery bed

An evil sorcerer unleashes his terrible power

And un-earthly animals fill you with dread

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Heroic characters fill me with strength

A story lets me escape from my fears

When the book ends I feel whole at length

After the subsiding of those bittersweet tears