Hello, Please Stay On Line

[Fantasy]

The one-legged tin soldier traveled the world after

falling through the window - after coming home he

fell ill as a result of war’s pain and stress he had to

experience in the army, but he kept doing his duty,

kept his eye on his students and explained life to

those who could not work it out on their own - he

 

Fought the evil Mandarin and helped the ballerina

balancing on one leg also to keep her balance and

to calm down when her world fell apart as she left

her little work world to become a choreperson at a

house, because the tin soldier had done it already

& knew that though the world started to sway on

 

That day, it would stabilize again and if she could

follow her star without fighting against the people

who made up her new universe, she would learn

to breathe again, when she chose a star to follow

she learned that the soldier was falling as his one

leg was giving out also, at a loss about what to do

 

In order to help such a great leader with problems,

she promised to remain conscious & aware of his

fight against life and keep in touch at all times, as

she listens to Beethoven’s Pathétique she thinks

of the beautiful music created when friends remain

faithful and she immediately calls the tin soldier to

 

Say: Hello, please stay on line and never let go…