Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith is a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale and a nod to the original tale, before it was rearranged for the ears of children. I attempted to create a dream-like quality in the poem, using strong imagery and broken up stanzas to convey the impression of the dreaming child who is knocked from her slumber and into a harsh reality by her rape. I also attempted to create a sense of timelessness, because this is a story which occurs not once upon a time in a land far, far away, but all around us and throughout the ages. The title, Leap of Faith, is meant to convey trust being broken, which occurs within the poem, and is also an oblique reference to the broken memory of a favorite story upon the reading of the original.