He said “Tell me a story of laughter and beauty,

Tell me a tale that has never been told.

Tell me… oh tell me a story of wonder,

Of castles and dragons, and knights that were bold.”

I told him a story of wonderess people,

I held his hand tightly, when we traversed the bog.

He laughed when the dragon escaped the knights fury,

And cried when the princess lost her sweet dog.

The story continued as his eyes started closing,

His head nodding gently, into sleep did he fall.

He never heard the troll creeping up on the princess,

He never heard the crash, as he broke through the wall.

I gave life to the people , so often he thought up,

But I couldn’t stop them, when stories came to an end.

They continued on living in opposite time warps,

which they stretched and buckled and so often they’d bend

But never would freedom be theirs, I am sure of

I had the spell written down, here in my head.

They could live out their lives in time never ending,

But only when I told Gareth his stories in bed