A Fairy Tale Life...part three...Even the Great Eagle struggles in the Wind

part one here

part two here

The Queen was distraught

her son was in darkness

and there seemed nothing she could do

but let him go

allow him to fight his fight

allow him to turn to himself

to find his way out

through his own Power of Love
she needed to find a way
to do this 
completely
fully
*


being a Woman of The Spirit
The Queen knew
that in order to access The Great Love
one had do go deep within oneself
to unlock the place
in which It lives
she knew this was her test
of Faith
she knew she had to get out of the Prince's way
that he could take his journey inward
so the very next day
 she did what all those of Faith do
she went to her Church
her Sacred Place of Worship




her Sacred Place was not a place made by mans hands
no 
hers was a place made by The Spirit itself 
hers was a place of Life
a place she went to daily
for her time in Spirit was a daily practice
an hour to hour practice
moment to moment

with Puppy Prince at her side
 to her Sacred Place she went
she looked to the wind
she looked to sky
she looked to the mountain tops
and saw power and strength
she drew comfort from the birds 
the heron

the hawk

the creatures that don't question Spirit
but trust
she ran as she poured out her heart
all her worries
all her fears
she poured out her Mother Grief
and gave it to Love
and Divinity came
as it does to someone with Faith
no matter how beaten
how small
and Love began to transform 
her Mother Grief

The Queen looked up and saw one of her
 faithful companions
Eagle
the Winds of Change were strong that morning
and The Queen watched as Eagle 
clung to his branch to stay in place
so strange was his posture 
that she had not recognized him at first
she then watched 
as he flew to that which he was stalking
his flight was slow and cumbersome
but his will was strong
and his mate needed food
she watched as he pushed through the wind
landed upon his morning nourishment
and then struggle against the Wind
as he made his way back to his nest
back to his mate


and it was then Spirit spoke
"Even the Great Eagle struggles in the Wind"
yes
thought the Queen
even the Great Eagle struggles...
the best thing she could do for her Prince
was acknowledge her own truths
be true to her own emotions
take those emotions
and hand them over to Love
to transform
over and over
and over again
until Fear turned to Hope
Worry turned to Trust
and Faith could soar...
on the wings of the Great Eagle

she had to let go
let go so all her allies
all her angels
all the powers of Love
could do what They were meant to do
let go
let go
let go
and trust 
they whispered to her
as they held her mother heart gently
and the safety of Loves timeless Wisdom


back to the castle she went
with renewed Hope
renewed Trust
renewed Faith
the Powers of Heaven had poured into her
all that she needed
and in Great Love she walked out the rest 
of this journey
she took the Love that was given her
and in turn
poured it out to the Prince
she reminded him of his own Hope
she assured him of his own Trust
she guided him to his own Faith


her and the King let him know
that if he must go then that is what he must do
it was not what they wanted
as he did not belong to The Shadow
as he believed
but this was something he had to discover
for himself...
The Prince struggled and fought
as The Shadows grip loosened
*
when the older Prince told the young Prince
of his plan to leave
the younger Princes heart was broken
but with tears streaming down his face
he told the older Prince
that if that is what made him happy
then he would be happy too
the words were so pure and
The Queen watched as the young Princes
unconditional Love floated on those words
she watch the soft warm glow of Love
leave the young Princes heart 
and wrap itself around the older Princes being
The Shadow was no match for such Love
and its consumption of the Prince
was growing weak


The Prince could feel The Love
he could feel The Truth
his family had stepped back
allowing him to see them
and in turn 
allowing him to see himself
he knew who he was
he did not understand everything about himself
but he knew the man he wanted to be
he had known this from the moment The Queen
had brought him into this world
his life was his
this family was his
and he did not want to leave...

"I do not want to go,"
the Prince said
his raw heart exposed
and with those words
Shadow subsided
and was no longer in control


The Prince sunk down to the floor
exhaustion over took him
the battle had been short
but fierce
and had taken him into the depths of himself


he whispered to The Queen
"I know this has all happened for a reason...
I just know it"
The Queens heart soared
so proud of her Prince was she
such Wise Words he had spoken
a huge step had been made
and deep shift within
for the Prince
for them all
*


The Shadow does not leave completely
as it lives in all of us
what it longs for is for us to manage it
not for it to manage us
for it is filled with fear and unrest
it knows this
the Queen knew this too
and she had spoken to Shadow
while in her Sacred Place
 she had asked it to not take the Prince
 for if that were to happen
it would not serve anyone
including The Shadow
with the Prince taken
The Shadow would have no where to go
The Shadow needed to Prince to survive
to be safe
to be loved
yes
even The Shadow is in need of Love
*
the Prince was safe
he had learned of his own strength
his own will
his own truth
he had learned about Love
the power it has
and that power is his
and ours 
for the taking

this chapter of the Fairy Tale
now comes to an end
my readers
I am sorry for any worry this bestowed upon you
though it took days to tell it
this all transpired within a 36 hour period
this is life
the beautiful rocky moments of life
but as you see
good reader
Love never waivers
and 
even The Great Eagle struggles in the Wind

The End


Love and Light

A Fairy Tale Life...part two...When Darkness Falls

(part one found here)

after a beautiful time away

the King and Queen returned to their Kingdom

of Main Land.

on the way they picked up the younger Prince

who had been visiting his grandparents

in the near by Kingdom

of Cowichan.

the young Prince was in good spirits

after spending some alone time

with his fathers family.

After a short visit

the 4 of them set their sights for home.

*

but when they arrived back in their kingdom

darkness had covered the land

and 

they knew

"The Shadow"

had returned

before the King and Queen were married
10 years ago,
the King had thrown a party 
to introduce his new bride
and son
to the kingdom
it was there that the, then, young prince
played his music for the first time
and revealed to the world
his great gift

everyone who came
was enchanted by the prince's music
and fell in love with him immediately
it was a great day
especially for the new prince
as he had been so well received
and the adoration of the crowd
had given him great confidence.
*
unfortunately
as in every Fairy Tale
there was one who did not appreciate the new prince
as everyone else did
among the guests the day
was the kings first love
theirs had been 
a love that had at one time
been filled with the intensity 
of a long hot summer
but it had fizzled out 
 with the change of season
and for the King
this young love had been 
 easy to let go of
as she had not been his Soul Mate
but for the young girl
it had not been so easy
and as she grew into a woman 
her misery grew with her
and seeing the happiness
this boy gave not only the King
but also the people of the land
her misery turned to rage
and while the boy had been performing for the people
she stood up 
and in a loud voice she cursed the boy
saying that throughout his life
he would be followed 
by a Great Shadow
in which he would become lost
and eventually 
it would swallow him up
and take his life

after yelling out her curse
the woman fled the court
and was never to be seen again
*
thankfully
the Kingdom had many a Wise Woman
and that very day
they came together
to counter the curse
as best they could


yes
the prince would be followed by
The Shadow
but
The King and Queen's Love
 would be able to intervene
and protect him
but only until his 18th birthday day
at which time it would become his responsibility
to save himself from The Shadow
the Wise Women knew that in order for the Prince
to truly over come The Shadows
great power of despair
he would  have to face it himself
but they wanted to give him enough time
to grow and mature and learn
about The Great Love
that held all power of healing
With this Great Love around him 
and within him
he would be able to yield the power of the Shadow
and use it for good
with in himself
and for others.
*
So for years the King and Queen
combated the effects of The Shadow
and poured their love and knowledge into the prince
praying that when the day came
that he would fight this battle on his own
he would be equipped enough
to not loose himself 
to The Shadow's
power of despair

the journey was not always easy
and two times
The King and Queen almost lost him
but the Prince had been born with
and old wise soul
and his knowledge of Love and Balance
ran deep within
and when a new Prince
was born into the family
The Heavens blessed the two
with a great connection
of deep Love
the young prince
was like an antidote
for the older prince
and together they grew in the wisdom
of The Great Love
and learned to depend on one another
for their Heart Love
and
as time went by
the King and Queen forgot
about the full terms of the counter curse
they had forgotten about the change
when the older prince turned 18
they had even forgotten to tell him
but upon their return
and seeing the darkness
they remembered
and sadness, grief and worry
entered their hearts
*
immediately they went to seek
the prince out
and they found him
in the depth of The Shadow

they could feel him giving up
and their hearts broke
as they knew they could not release him
as they had done in the past
that only he could
do this now


their despair made him angry
and he rejected their love and concern
and disappeared into the darkness
they called his name into the night
and eventually
due to his own exhaustion
he followed their voices
but the relief of that was short
as he told them
he could no longer be there
that on the morrow he would leave
and he would never see them again...


The Shadow was taking his reason
and had clouded his Truth
*
that night
as the prince slept
all of his parents prayed
and lamented
for his safety and will
that he would find his Truth
a place of happiness
that he would remember
The Great Love
and grab a hold of it
to find his way out of his despair

all they could do was 
pray
hope
and look to the break of a new day
that possibly
would have new resolve
offer new opportunities
new answers....


to be continued...