The Arrival of The Prince
Love Transformed: The Arrival of Change
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The Arrival of the Prince
The Prince has arrived.
Took your love from me
The speaker feels that the Prince has taken away their love.
Nine months we had waited for you to set him free
Waiting for nine months for the Prince to be born and bring change.
From the womb his first cry was my death knell
The birth of the Prince marked the end of the speaker's emotional well-being.
In the tomb of our love
The love between the speaker and the Prince's mother is now dead and buried.
A new woman was born that day
A new identity was formed for the Prince's mother on the day of his birth.
One I did not recognize
The speaker no longer recognizes the woman the Prince's mother has become.
A mother not a lover
The new identity is that of a mother rather than a lover.
Some stranger in disguise
The Prince's mother seems like a stranger in disguise to the speaker.
Her love
The love the speaker once received has been transferred to another man, the Prince's father.
She transferred to another man
The Prince's mother has found a new love that she had never experienced before.
She'd never known before
Questioning what the new love in the Prince's mother's life has done for her.
Just one look in his eyes
The impact of the new love is evident in the other man's eyes.
What has he done for you?
Questioning the worth of the new love.
What will do he do for you?
Asking about the future actions of the new love and its ability to make life complete.
Make your life complete?
Skepticism about claiming to love someone who cannot communicate yet.
How can you say love someone that cannot yet even speak
Describing the premature birth of the Prince and its physical condition.
An unformed mass of tissue born before its time
Highlighting the Prince's vulnerability and underdeveloped state.
It's head as soft as plasticine
Describing the fragility of the Prince's head.
More monkey than superman
Comparing the Prince to a primitive being, more monkey than superman.
Yet the Prince who in one smile took me from my throne
Reflecting on how the Prince, with just a smile, dethroned the speaker from their position.
The Prince who by law
Legally, the Prince now has ownership over the speaker's house and home.
Now owns my house, my home
The Prince's arrival has changed the dynamics of ownership.
Vehicles for DNA is the side I'll have to take
Choosing the side of genetic responsibility to maintain sanity.
To keep my sanity from jumping from the bridge, the cliff, the lake
Contemplating extreme actions to escape the emotional turmoil caused by the Prince's arrival.
To leave Nature in its time of triumph would deprive it of its fun
Leaving Nature to its course would deprive it of amusement.
Even though it no longer needs me
Even though Nature no longer needs the speaker, the battle is already won.
The battle already won
Accepting the outcome of the situation with laughter.
And so I laugh at the way it's all panned out
Reflecting on the unexpected turn of events and how the speaker's lost love led to the Prince's birth.
How my lost love came to be
Acknowledging the role of a crying and smiling infant in reshaping the speaker's life.
For a little man who just cries then smiles
Describing the Prince as a little man who communicates through cries and smiles.
And yet more and more
Despite the initial challenges, the speaker sees more of themselves in the Prince each day.
You see more and more each day
Emphasizing the ongoing discovery of similarities between the speaker and the Prince.
He's just like me
Affirming the speaker's realization that the Prince shares common traits with them.
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