In a castle by the sea, there lived a lonely soul

Untouched by human frailties, such as love

Distant from all, connected to none

A life lived free of emotion, a life lived alone

Though many tried to brave the swells

To storm the castle's walls

The fury of the sea proved too great

And the solitude continued

To approach the castle from the landward side

Was to court a certain death

For it was guarded by a fearsome dragon

Known to consume comers, one and all

Till the day a tiny child approached

With big blue eyes and golden curls

As fearless as she guileless was

She walked right up to the castle gate

The dragon reared his head to strike

The child flinched not, but held his eye

And smiled with all her innocent beauty

The dragon froze there in its tracks

As he felt his wicked heart melt

His evil soul flooded with love for the beautiful child

And she passed, unharmed, into the castle hall

The castle's inhabitant had watched in disbelief

As the child cast her spell upon the dragon

For surely, that must be what had occurred

No other explanation could suffice

Whatever her intentions

She would not find him so easily enchanted

He had no heart for her to touch

His soul nothing but a black void

He watched her as she proceeded into the great hall

Heading errlessly straight for him

It seemed as if she knew exactly where he was

Even though he stood in the darkness

Just one more shadow among many

A light shone around her as she approached

She seemed to glow, as if from within

He thought to flee as she neared

But he held fast, knowing instinctively

There was no fleeing this, no fleeing her

He was looking at his destiny

Watching it in fearful awe

She continued relentlessly forward

Until she stood within his reach

But he reached not, he moved not

He barely breathed

Her eyes of blue held fast his golden orbs

She looked into his very soul

And to his amazement

He found he had one for her to view

He felt its stirring for the first time in his memory

And was terrified

He didn't want to feel, he didn't want to care

Not about anyone, not about anything

She saw his fright, and she placed her hand in his

And when she touched his hand

She captured his heart

For yes, it happened that he had one of those as well

Still, she held his gaze entranced

And slowly a smile began to show forth on her beautiful face

It encompassed all that she was

Beauty, innocence and love

And he found himself smiling back in kind

And he felt her sweet love engulf his being

And in that instant he became all that he never was

All that he should have been

His soul lonely no more

For a beautiful child had succeeded where great men had failed

For she had come bearing the one weapon against which he had no defence

Love...

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