Deena Chappell: Music
Pandora
(Deena Chappell)
Deena Chappell Smith
PANDORA
NOT TO BE OUTDONE, PANDORA TAKES A HAMMER FROM HER SIDE AND SMASHED THAT PESKY BOX INTO A PULP
TO WONDERLAND SHE FLEW AWAY, ENCHANTED BY THE BRAND NEW DAY AND ATE THAT MUSHROOM WITH ONE GREEDY GULP
“TAKE THAT,” SHE CRIED “THE WORLD IS MINE AND I SEE NOW THAT IT’S NO CRIME TO CLAIM MY BEAUTY LIKE I CLAIM MY FAULTS
I CAN’T PUT BACK WHAT I’VE LET GO BUT I DON’T REALLY WANT TO SO, I’LL SET THE OTHER’S FREE FROM THEIR COLD VAULTS”
SHE CAME ACROSS THAT CAT, JACK SPRAT WHO’D HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF THAT BUT HE COULDN’T GET HIS PEGASUS TO FLY
“PANDORA, CAN I GET A LIFT?” “OF COURSE,” SHE SAID, “BUT ONLY IF YOU OPEN UP YOUR HEART.” HE SAID, “I’LL TRY”
THEY TRIPPED DOWN TO THE LAND OF GREEN TO SEE THE THINGS TIN MAN HAD SEEN AND FOUND THE LAND OF OZ HAD GONE TO HELL. THE WIZARD AND THE WITCH HAD DIED FROM OVERDOSING ON THE HIGH OF POPPIES FROM THE FARMER IN THE DELL.
THEN SUDDENLY THEY HEARD THE CRY OF MUNCHKIN CHILDREN FAR AND WIDE WHO SCREAMED FOR THEIR RAPUNZUL TO BE FREED
THE EVIL BARBER HAD CUT HER HAIR IN HOPES THAT SHE WOULD DIE UP THERE. SHE KNEW TOO MUCH, WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT COULD MEAN.
PANDORA KNEW SHE MUST BE BRAVE, THAT FEAR ONLY CREATES A SLAVE SO UP RAPUNZUL’S TOWER SHE DID CLIMB
SHE LET THE LOVELY PRINCESS OUT THEN LOST HER FOOTING, WITH A SHOUT SHE FELL REALIZING SHE WAS OUT OF TIME
PANDORAS SPIRIT FLEW AWAY, LAUGHING AT THAT CRAZY DAY, LONG BEFORE HER BODY HIT THE GROUND
THE MORAL OF THE STORY STATES THAT WE ARE NEVER TRULY GREAT UNTIL WE GIVE THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOUND