Scarlett

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The wind blew and slashed like swords,The night was like the ice sheet over the lake outside,I tried to move but I was paralyzed,I saw the ebony closet in front of me,Rumours I had heard of a ghost in there but I hoped it to be an irony

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The wind blew and slashed like swords,
The night was like the ice sheet over the lake outside,
I tried to move but I was paralyzed,
I saw the ebony closet in front of me,
Rumours I had heard of a ghost in there but I hoped it to be an irony.

Voices diffused into the air like perfume,
They were so soft I couldn't make out the words,
It felt like she called out to me, a captivating siren,
The room was too dark, my vision blurred without my glasses,
I couldn't even see the slightest spark, couldn't see all those dark and heavy masses.

The music pulled me towards itself, it was so hard to ignore,
So hard to not be perturbed by, so hard for me to take hold of my soul,
But it just flew away so knowingly like it was it's home,
And I couldn't control the feelings I felt for so long,
My ecstasy, my melancholy, my agony, my anxiety, all of it sprang out but it never felt wrong.

My hands reached out to what I thought were the doors,
I thought about what move to make next,
And at the last moment I was filled with doubts,
Sweat trailed like crystal beads on the sides of my forehead tracing my hairline,
My hair stuck to my neck and face, I wiped off the sweat and cleared the fine line.

I twisted the key in the hope of finding Narnia,
Too many books I had read through the years,
Too many worlds I had lived in,
Wished that someday one of them could be true,
Wished that someday I could live a life so brand new.

The lock creaked with rust and the salt air,
I opened the doors hoping for the best but having no preparation for the worst,
The door made the faintest squeak with such painful slowness,
After what felt like forever the closet was opened wide,
All the light was sucked inside, there was nothing left to hide.

The music was so clear it spoke to me,
I realised it was just the voice of the 'ghost',
What a sweet voice like honey dripping down a hive,
It made me want to go even closer, it made me want to sway and dance;
I could see the veins running on my clear hands, my vision was back so I looked up to take a glance.

Then what came into sight was the most divine being ever beheld to me,
This woman with long, silky dark hair which contradicted itself with an auburn red shine,
Those amber eyes stroked with her pain, I could see her soft pearly white face;
The crimson of her lips stood out, the smile that reached her eyes;
She was so still, wearing that maroon dress but something made me feel our souls were tied.

I was afraid and intimidated yet so in awe,
Her pain I could feel it, when I looked in those eyes and pulled up the curtains,
I saw myself in the most unusual way,
There was a thread channelling our emotions together,
I had never felt so connected to someone,
If she was the moon then I was the sun.

Her crystal ball eyes called out to me, those sad, beautiful, serene eyes;
One step, two steps and there was a third, so close, I was so close to her;
She looked so holy and divine yet she felt so real,
The urge with which I was drawn towards her something I couldn't tame,
I was like a moth and she was the flame.

I raised my shaking hands, I wanted to hold her hands;
To make me believe she was real that she was there,
Her lips were trembling but I though she said something,
I frowned and asked her to repeat her delicate words,
"I am Scarlett", she tweeted like birds.

I took her fragile milky white hands into mine,
Tears flowing down my cheeks, she just gave me a reassuring smile;
I started laughing softly as I saw little tiny fireflies surrounding us,
The space started glowing with such immense brightness, I had to close my eyes or they would burn and make a fuss.

I was feeling dizzy and light headed but just for a little while,
And when I had opened my eyes I saw this whole new world, with her beside me;
All my fantasies came true, that amazing with fireflies bloomed,
With flowers that glowed in the dark and lakes that were home to those tinkerbells,
By the majestic and rainbowed Banyan tree were faeries singing All too wells.

Was this magic? Was this a fairytale? So many questions wondering in my head,
I was so lost in this mesmerising place,
It made me wanna sing 'A whole new world',
I felt like Jasmine who needed no Aladdin just a Scarlett,
I am so grateful that we finally met.

This world was a cocktail of the fairies in Maleficent and faerie realms and Tinkerbell in Peter Pan,
I just thought it was all my imagination, so wild, so free, so marvellous and so pretty;
I never wanted to be awoken from this dream,
This dreamland was more than what it seemed.

My heart was bursting with emotions and the tears were falling down,
I looked at Scarlett's face, she was so beautiful, and laughing and happy, for me?
I looked around and took a deep breath, a moment for me to take in everything, to believe;
I gave out a long sigh, a relief a release;
In this calm and serene place I had at last found my peace.

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