Charlie's Sestina

Years of training began to weather
The leather of a boot's tongue.
She was once such a great
Companion of Charlie, and strove for
The blue ribbon, to be number one,
Until Prince Charming gave her a kiss.

Charlie longed for the caring kiss
She would grant his soft nose whether
He did well or not. His tongue
Hung aching for a sweet, great
Peppermint, once so regular. Four
Weeks he's been without even one.

Reminiscing on the times they had won,
She is awakened by Prince Charming's kiss.
Thought the sun gleamed, the weather
Was still grey as the lips Charlie's tongue
Hung out of, because the sewer grate
Had never touched his shoes before.

Sulking sadly in his stall for
Months, Charlie missed the one
Day in the meadow. She bestowed a kiss
On his cheek in the dandelion weather.
She placed a peppermint on his tongue,
But he now only sees birds on his window grate.

She saw prince charming's great
Figure charging toward her for
The last time. She finally won,
And left him victoriously without a kiss.
She danced in the warm weather,
In her worn boots with leather tongues.

He heard her voice, speaking in a tongue
He once knew. Finally his great
Companion returns; he's been waiting for
Years. They are again one,
The team they once were. She greets him with a kiss,
Abolishing the years of bad weather.

She knows whether or not her tongue
Had reached great prince charming's for
But one time, it would be a regretted kiss.

(Old: no judging allowed!)