Along The SideWalk

Chapter 14: Searching The Crowd

Sabrina was walking on the sidewalk and towards the bridge where the old beggar sat. Her shift ended fifteen minutes ago and she had free time for an hour almost. It was the time she usually enjoys strolling through the street stalls. It was a suburb area where she enjoyed looking at people exchanging smiles, making memories, shopping, buying, and selling. It somehow made Sabrina delighted and felt closer to the people even though they were strangers but in a way, she felt that she knew them. That was the kind of girl Sabrina was. Not knowing anyone but still trying to know them even if it was from afar.

She crossed the street and walked towards the edge of the bridge where few people were already gathered which also includes the little girl with her mother who questioned Sabrina last time about the story of the girl. She smiled when she saw her and the girl gave her a shy smile back.

"Shall we start?" Sabrina ruffles the little girl's hair and she nods shyly in her response.

Sabrina takes out the flute from her small bag and looks towards the people who were gathered. She was searching for the one familiar face whose thought motivated her to write the story for the song even if it were a little but she wanted to see him once but to her disappointment, he wasn't there. Sabrina felt a small ting of pain in her heart which again confused her that why she felt this way. She immediately shakes off the feeling and brings the flute close to her mouth. She blows air into the flute and it comes at soothing music. Sabrina plays the flute magnificently, attracting more passerby's as she plays. She closes her eyes while she plays the music, getting the feel of the rhythm. She stops playing and curves her mouth to sing.

In a town far away

There lived a young girl

She had no parents

She had no one

She lived life on her own

She wasn't a beauty

She wasn't so rich

But a soul so pure

A mind couldn't resist

Yet she daydreamed about a prince

The one who would carry her out

Where everyone happily lived

But ohhh, never did she know

The world wasn't the place

To grant her every wish

When she walked out of her home

People made fun of her dreams

Saying; not a girl like you can become a castle's queen

But she made a choice

One that would make everything right

She plays the flute again and by now there were more people than before, enough to call it a crowd. She looks towards the crowd and sings

She decided not to wish for a prince

Prince is for princesses and she wasn't since

She believed in herself that it was right

Waiting for a prince wasn't the best choice

What she could do on her own

Why wait for a prince to come and crown

A man with no crown, a man with no title

Can also become a hero of all time

She focuses her attention back on playing the flute and works her way with it, amazingly

In order to live a happy in life

She wanted a family that be by her side

And so she went to search her soul mate

The one who can be ordinary

But he will be the one to make everything right