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Contributed by: Sereh (January 2004)
Just thought I'd share this poem that I recently wrote with you all. It
was inspired by my sister-in-law's niece who was taught when she was
young that she was a princess and that the temple was her castle and one
day she would get married there to her prince charming. My sister was
telling me that the first time her niece saw the temple when she was 3
or 4 her eyes got so big and her hands flew to her mouth because she got
so excited about seeing her castle. I just thought it was the cutest
thing, and such a wonderful way for little girls to imagine the temple.
So I wrote this poem. Then the other night we were having our presidency
meeting and deciding on our theme for new beginnings and thought I could
tie this poem in as well. Our theme is "From rags to eternal riches"
thank you who ever posted this theme on the YW Connection. We're excited
about having using this theme and changing it a bit so that it will work
for our YW.
A Princess in Her Castle
A little girl dreams of her fairytale story
When she’s a princess in her castle of glory
She sleeps and envisions that magical day
When her dreams all come true and she’s swept away
Swept away by her prince – her own shining knight
To her majestic castle of luminous white
Her towering palace a magnificent sight
That glistens by day and has a grand glow by night
She’s wearing a dress an elegant gown
It’s long and it’s white and it touches the ground
With a jewel-studded crown adorning her head
Holding a veil on this day she’ll be wed
Ascending her stairs with a spire above
She enters in to greet the man that she loves
For inside this castle her prince charming awaits
To join her forever in this wondrous place
Across an altar they kneel hand in hand
As they covenant together just as they planned
Promising the Lord they’ll love faithfully
They’re then sealed together eternally
Sealed in her castle – rich blessings outpoured
For her castle on high is the House of the Lord…
From her dream she awakes but it doesn’t end here
The princess grows up and prince charming appears
They fall in love and just as she planned
To the temple of God they go hand in hand
But to her surprise it was not what it seemed
‘twas more wonderful and beautiful than anything she’d dreamed
She gazed at her prince in this wondrous holy place
As mirrors of forever shone from face to face to face
With reflections everlasting, beyond all the eye can see
She glimpsed the blessings held in store repeated eternally
From a little girl in dress-up rags to riches beyond compare
A fairytale end to her fairytale dream is an answer to her prayer
For this princess in her castle – tales can be reality
Happily living – ever after – into eternity…
- Sereh Newman -
January 2004
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