The song of the stars and the moon

High up within the heavens,
There once lived a princess.
Within the the ivory tower,
She sang.

Her song nurtured the land, 
Her song breathed life into the land.
The land was at peace, 
From the strength of her voice.

The princess was drawn towards the moon.
She felt happiness when the moon waxed.
She felt sadness when the moon waned.
"This infinite cycle,
Oh how I wish to stop it."

So, when the full moon filled the sky,
Using the power of her song,
She casted a spell.
An everlasting curtain of clouds.
So she may never see the moon.
Just so the full moon remained
Within her memories.

The spell brought even more sadness.
The princess soon fell into despair.
Her song became that of pain.
The land that she so carefully tended
Slowly grew weak and fragile.

The people of the land became enraged.
Their crops dying.
All the water vanishing.
And the land was dark.

So a boy set out on a journey
To bring back the sun.
Proclaimed as a hero,
He sought to climb the ivory tower.

Within the tower
Be creatures empowered by the darkness.
The higher he climbed,
The stronger they became.
Still, he fought on
Hoping to find the sun.

Eventually, he found himself in large room.
And within that room was no monster,
But instead a girl.
He heard her cries.
He wished he could help her.

"For what reason does a maiden
As beautiful as you cry here?"

"I lost what I sought to protect.
I lost destroyed what I sought to perfect.
Tell me, when there's nothing left,
Would you not cry as well?"

"Then come with me oh fair maiden.
What was lost, we shall find.
What was destroyed, we repair.
Let us find our sun."

With that he carried her.
To find not just his sun, 
But her's as well,
They climbed the ivory tower.
To climb high above the clouds.

He talked to her.
A boy filled with hope and dreams.
She listened to him.
A girl filled with loss and regret.
With each step upwards,
They grew to understand one another.
And yet, an uneasiness grew
Deep within her heart.

Days and nights flew past.
Still, with the princess on his back,
He climbed.
At last, they reached past the clouds. 

The princess left speechless.
There hung the full moon,
As though it was frozen in time,
It was the same moon from her memories.

Now closer to the sky,
She saw stars for the first time.
The tiny glittering
Made the moon much more beautiful.

"Were you not finding the sun?"

"Yes I am."

"But the sky is black, 
the moon is high above the sky.
For where is the sun?
Do you not need the morning?"

"The sun?
I need not wait for morning.
For I already have found it.
She stands in front of me."

Those words rang in her mind.
The feelings behind those words
Made her realise that the uneasiness 
Was actually her feelings for him.

Up high above the clouds she sang.
Removing the curtains of cloud.
Removing all that withered.
Clearing the minds of all who doubt.

And her song healed the land.
Her song gave birth to a new world.
One of everlasting peace and harmony.
"What was destroyed, we repair."

The princess of the tower,
Up high above the clouds.
That which was lost to her,
She has finally found it.
Her song of the stars and the moon.
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Something I've wrote recently, as I was trying to pass the time waiting for my friends.

For this work and the previous one, I tried making it like uhh... fantasy-ish? Instead of my, apparently "lyrical" works (seems like my older works tend to be seen as though it were a song instead of poetry).

Just for a change in pacing, instead of making it romantic through the whole work, pacing it such that it becomes a story instead.