Serene Beauty

By Mary Bone

Serene beauty surrounds
a painting of a woman.
She is waiting for her pumpkin coach.
Light and color frame her face,
as Prince Charming disappears
in a foggy hue.
She journeys home to sit by a charred fire.
A knock on her door breaks through
her reverie.
She knows deep down this
shoe will fit.

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Mary Bone is a writer from Wilson, Oklahoma. Her work appears in Poetry Catalog, The Oklahoma Today Magazine, Words of the Lamb, Active Muse Journal, Literary Yard and other places.