I walk down the lane

Slightly self-conscious of my

Average appearance

Soon an old woman

Meets me on the lane and blocks

My way forward

She greets me with a

Warm smile, grasps my hands, a

Strange look in her eyes

“What is the deepest

Desire of your heart, child?

And I will grant it.”

The old woman said

I felt she somehow knew my

Answer already

“More than anything

I wish my appearance was

Irresistible.”

The lady placed her

Hand on my face, suddenly I

Felt a strange tingle

“It is done,” she said

She bade me farewell as I

Continued toward town

As I entered the

Town’s gate, people stared at me

Like never before

Their mouths were open

Eyes wide and the crowds parted

As I passed through them

I began to fear

That the old lady had done

Something terrible

What if she had tricked

Me and made me ugly?

That I had to see

Passing a window

I gazed at my reflection

Which looked quite the same

But I soon realized,

I could not pull away my

Eyes from such a sight

There I stood looking

For hours upon hours

No one could move me

There I stood gazing

My mouth open, my eyes wide

Staring at what was

Irresistible