Monday 28 November 2011

Baba Yaga...A Slavic Fairytale

Come one
Come all

And hear this Slavic Yarn
spoken
aloud

And hold your children tight
Whilst i tell  you the tale of

Baba Yaga

Vasilisa the Beautiful

With her beauty

so fair
&
so true

Made her own
Mother Mad

A Green eyed

Hateful Madness
of
Ill

Bitters
And
Olive Ruin

For she knew well
Of the house on

Chicken Legs

With no Windows
And no Doors

But told
Vasilisa
 to go out and

Seek the crowne that dwells
Within
Those cursed walls

Where satanic
Servants
Sing
Their
Cursed
Songs

And she flies from the
Chimney in bellows of
Rolling
Smoke

On her wingless
Flying
Vessel

A mortar she does ride

And flies out of the chimney

As she cackles
and spits

Purple
Vitriol

From her
Acerbic
Tongue

A Rudder of Pestle
And a

Silver Birch
To hide the
Tracks

She rides on

Cumulus
Stratus
and
Cirrus
Clouds

And heavens
Pupils
dare not
Stare into her
Wicked eyes

As she cackles from her mortar
And flies on
By .....

So
Vasilisa
finds

Baba Yaga
Home
Alone
On that
Fated
Day

And wondered
This

Darker
Than
Dark
Forest all
Alone

Vasilisa

Approached this
Ghostly House
On
Chicken legs
And said those
Charmed
Words

Out-Loud

Hut, O Hut...
Turn your back to the
Woods
Your
Front
To me

The House
Moved
A
180
Degree

Vasilisa fills
with

Awe
&
Dred

At this Magical
Spectacle

And hastily
Swigged
From the
Mead in her
Peuter Receptacle

The Keyhole to her
Front Door
Was filled with

Sharp Teeth
That gnashed

And
Moistened
And
Drooled at the
Promise
of
A
Fresh Soul
For Molars
To
Gnash

The Fence
Surrounded Vasilisa

Was made of
Human Bones

With Skulls
On Top

Without
The
Time

To become
Scared

Baba Yaga
Appeased

And This
Titular Young Maiden
True

Was given
Three impossible
Tasks
To to
Undertake
And
Do

But unknown
To this
Wicked
Crone

Vasilisa
Was give
A tremendous
Mother Love Bone

For in her pocket
Smiling

A magical Doll
given to
Her by

A
Blinded
Mystic
Child

Would keep Baba Yaga
Trying

And Vasilisa
Undertook
These
Tasks

And passed them
With
A
Cheeky Smile

So
Children
That listen
Whilst huddeled in your
Mothers Bosom

Or in bed Alone
Scared stiff
And Wooden

Remember that
Magic
Doll
That you Cuddle
By your
Side

And Sleep
Well

Sweet Child

And let
Dreaming
Put pictures
of comfort
Behind those
Sleepy Eyes

Because tomorrow
Is a New day
And
With the Sun
You Must
Rise

And like
A Phoemix From
The
Flame

From  your
Bed
You must
Break Free

And Grow
Into
A Mighty
Man or Women
As you
Time Unlocks

Ageings

Wisdoms
Key












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