Of Nightmares, Dreams and Fairies - Song 2: The Tale of Princess Lily

This is the second poem in my narrative. Following the ending of the last song, now we hear the Dragon Lady's story

Now you are sitting here with me

And your legs, you see, don't burn

You can call me Princess Lily

Boy, my story now you learn

A long, very long time ago

I was brought to life, a sprite

And my name was Princess Lily,

I came out of one, so white

So fairies spring out of flowers

Like the ones I find out there

What a nice name, Princess Lily

Were you royal in your lair

Oh, I'm so sorry, not a lair

That sounds like you're a wild mouse

Your hidden home, Princess Lily

Is it a palace, a house

Two answers you request of me

Two answers you will receive

I was Fairy-Princess Lily

Till our palace I did leave

A lovely palace, crystal clear

Built above the white clouds high

There I lived as Princess Lily

With the Queen herself lived I

Now I must ask you, little boy

Don't cut the story again

My time as high Princess Lily

Long lost, I barely retain

Where I was living, Fairy Land

I had duties like them all

Of dreams took care Princess Lily

Dreams, they were Lily's downfall

I sang the dreams of humankind

Whose division goes like this

Men and boys for Princess Lily

Women and girls for my sis

Now, I had another sister

And her singing was a flop

We were three, me Princess Lily

Princess Rose, Princess Snowdrop

Snowdrop, the poor, just couldn't sing

She took care of winds instead

So she envied Princess Lily

Princess Rose she wanted dead

My God, she must have been the worst

I thought fairies were all good

What did she do, Princess Lily

To have you off'ring me food

Did she curse you, did she trick you

Did she rip your fairy wings

What did she do, Princess Lily

Tell me 'bout her evil things

I don't think her act was evil

She took advantage of me

But she hurt not Princess Lily

What she did was help me flee

Wait for me, my little list'ner

Don't you get ahead of time

I, the former Princess Lily

Will get to our fairy crime

If you stop me even once more

I will not tell you the tale

You'll never see Princess Lily

Saving your Papa will fail

Oh no, please do not go away

I want Papa to feel joy

Do not leave me, Princess Lily

I swear I'll be a good boy

Alright, you have this one last chance

But stop me and be sorry

My word as the Princess Lily

I give you, I'll end the story

You see, I got to know humans

Whose dreams were often so odd

Their wishes made Princess Lily

Feel sometimes a little awed

I sang of love, and flight, and friends

And of meetings so earthy

Then I, the pure Princess Lily

Wondered if life was worth it

I longed to feel the things of men

To know what I sang about

Though I was high Princess Lily

Sometimes I just wanted out

But, alas, the royal fairies

Don't leave the crystal palace

So I, being Princess Lily

From the far sang my ballads

Only fairies of the seasons

Those sprites with special duties

Went out, unlike Princess Lily

To set up natural beauties

Though you might find rare exceptions

Like a Tinker you might know

That's not so with Princess Lily

Well, it's past, it was not so

For us spirits know the magic

Rules that have forever ruled

So when I was Princess Lily

I did everything I could

Well, I learnt that if I were seen

A godmother I'd become

No more I'd be Princess Lily

I would help some human chum

Then to get someone to see me

I changed some lines in my song

Adding the name Princess Lily

Although I knew that was wrong

I let myself get too caught up

On a lyric changing spree

Once when I sang Princess Lily

A man fell in love with me

I was so desperate to be found

I didn't pay attention

He dreamt about Princess Lily

When full of earthly tension

He then devoted his whole life

To the search of Fairy Land

Where he would find Princess Lily

And fulfill his heart's demand

He took pride in an invention

He made to fly through the clouds

But he saw no Princess Lily

My land is not for the proud

I found that if someone found me

As their own effort's result

I would remain Princess Lily

A sprite that remains occult

They had to find me by surprise

I should go out to be seen

To make a plan Princess Lily

Called the daughters of the Queen

Rose declared I was an outlaw

Snowdrop said that I was bold

She agreed with Princess Lily

Of a secret spell she told

If you put on a silver ring

And also a golden one

Your will be free, Princess Lily

You can go out to have fun

I'll glide the winds and roam the earth

I can find the pair of rings

Your sister, dear Princess Lily

The freedom you want she brings

As fast as winds that she commands

Snowdrop darted through the skies

She found rings for Princess Lily

As fast as a falcon flies

Oh, I feel the sun is rising

I can't meet you in its light

The rhyme of this Princess Lily

I'll finish tomorrow night

Well, it's okay, I must go too

Papa wakes me up so soon

Bye bye, lov'ly Princess Lily

We meet half a day from noon

Have a nice day, little list'ner

Dreaming you'll hear in my verse

How they punished Princess Lily

With the Dragon Lady curse

Author's Note

I wanted to make these following poems shorter or as long as the first one, but I can let go of my pretensions. The story needed more stanzas here.