Friday, July 29, 2011

Sleeping Beauty

Princess Diana on cover of Vanity Fair, photos by Mario Testino.

I am the Mighty Mother,
most powerful of all the World.
I am she who fights not
but is always victorious.
I am that Sleeping Beauty
whom men have sought for all time.

The paths which lead to my castle
are beset with danger and illusions.
Such as fail to find me, sleep;
or may ever rush
after the Fata Morgana
leading astray all who feel
the influence of illusion.

I am lifted up on high
and draw men unto me.
I am the world's desire
but few there be
who find me . . . .

-- Florence Farr