✯✫Candy House✫✯

Prologue:

[Two children walk in the forest
They come upon a candy house
They are hungry so they eat
And they eat until they drowse
And when they wake, she eats some more
But he has had enough
And to this day she still is eating
And is nothing but a lump]

Part I : Gretel

Her body is like a gumdrop
Solid and still
She cannot stand up and maybe never will
She is coated with sugar
And bitter within
She is created of sweetness
And consumed with sin

Her temper is like licorice
Pulled tight and taut
It burns bright and orange and angry and hot
She is still without
And unsettled within
She no longer goes anywhere
But knows where she's been

Her heart is like peppermint
Sticky and stale
She screams like a baby and feels like a whale
She is hard to the tooth
And sharp to the skin
She is buried in flesh
And drowning in chins

Her self esteem is like gingerbread
Crumbly and brittle
She hurts herself and claims she is crippled
She is full of cracks
She is caving in
She is covered in candy
And nothing like her twin.

Part II : Interlude

[Hansel doesn't leave the house
He takes care of his sister
And her stinging words hurt him
And grow like a giant blister
He has always been a good boy
And loves his sister so
But he's had it with her hardened heart
Her words, her candy soul]

Part III : Hansel

His body is like a candy cane
Thin and upright
He is small in stature and short of height
He is glazed with mint
And white in hue
He's all twisted up
And he is through

His temper is like toffee
Thick and stretchy
But when the candy rips he can be deadly
He looks like putty
And feels like goo
But he knows what he
Has to do

His heart is like chocolate
Moldable and soft
He's only just now realized he's being ripped off
He is rich and dark
And sweet to the chew
But he's growing rather bitter
And leaves chalky residue

His self esteem is like caramel
Sturdy til it breaks
He is feeling the toll that his sister's words take
He is creamy and tough
And inside is settled
And spreadably smooth
And nothing like Gretel

Epilogue:

[So he fattened her up
And kept her eating, eating more
And one night when she was sleeping
And had begun to snore
He took her by the shoulders
And with all of his might
Heaved her into the oven
And whispered, "Goodnight"]