A Fool's Dream by Ari and Dri Ogir (18, Trinidad)

If only the forbidding hands
Of the damned clock of time
Could turn in reverse
To when worry dare not lie
Upon our delicate heads
Except for the dragon whose breath is of fire
And a princess trapped in a thorn covered tower

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​So innocent and naïve is she
To believe that a prince will come
Rescue her, to be free
The howling of a beast in the night
When the children sleep
Their heads resting on delicate petals
Adorned in the garden
As they dream 
Living in happiness

Going on and on
Prancing on the horses of a round-a-bout
Forever spinning--
Away and away
Further from home
Somehow never to return
Where they began, unafraid

The make-believe universe 
Eternally lost
The hearts plead the same song--
Maybe someday we would be children again
For only then would we be free