The Ice Queen

As soon as I saw Frozen I knew I had to write a poem about it for my fairytale series.

Are my powers a gift? Are they a curse?

The trolls say they’ll bring beauty but they seem to make things worse.

This was never my intention, this wasn’t planned,

Please say you don’t hate me, say you understand.

 

I didn’t mean to hit you; you were moving too fast -

Then I slipped and you were struck with a cold, icy blast!

The only way to save you was to make you forget,

That I had to leave you will be my only regret.

 

When you asked me to build a snowman I had to say ‘no’,

Although my heart was breaking I had to tell you to go.

Mum and Dad tried to help but I told them ‘stay away’ too;

I couldn’t risk hurting them, like I’d hurt you.

 

Then they were gone and we were really on our own,

Neither of us understanding, both of us alone.

When it was time for my coronation you were so excited;

You couldn’t wait to meet everyone who’d been invited.

 

But I was more excited than even you could be,

I didn’t care about our guests; it was you I couldn’t wait to see!

Although I was delighted I also felt so scared,

Afraid that I wasn’t ready and that I was unprepared.

 

You kept asking why it couldn’t be like this every day,

But I told you that things just had to be this way.

The party was over, I told the guards to shut the gate,

Then you grabbed my hand in an attempt to make me wait.

 

You ripped off my glove �" the thing that keeps my powers concealed �"

Ice shot from my fingers, my secret was revealed.

The people said I was a monster; all I wanted was to flee,

So I ran towards the mountains to find a place I could be free.

 

I found it but my freedom came at a dreadful cost,

For although I found sanctuary, my sister is what I lost.

I accidentally set off a blizzard, to make things more complicated,

Feared and hated by my subjects,

The ice queen, isolated.

Reviews

[Aries1984]

Another beautiful piece of work here. I must say, you are incredibly gifted in writing. I love the way your work flows and the rhyming is so spot on. This piece kind of reminds me of the story about King Midas and the Midas touch, which is something that I'm working on right now that's not yet published. I really love the line "Please say you don't hate me, say you understand". It kind of gets me thinking how we don't mean to intentionally hurt someone. But when it does happen, it's only because we are human. Good poem all the way around. I'll continue to pour through your fairy tale work here for sure.

[Ma'at]

oh my gosh i love this! the inspiration from Frozen is absolutely magical (see what i did there? haha whatever). i love this so so so much!!
-GS

[Leanne Estelle]

I really appreciate your enthusiasm, thank you for your review! xo

[Aries1984]

I actually felt like this was more inspiration from the Chronicles of Narnia. I still have yet to see Frozen (I know. Shocking huh?) but to me, while reading this piece I was imagining the ice queen from Chronicles of Narnia. With a hint of Hans Christian Anderson in there too.