The Crimson Key

What’s the weirdest movie you’ve ever watched?

“Ofelia, you must remember that the world you see is not the only one.”

The clock ticks in a cold room,
grey stone and a father’s iron voice.
Ofelia walks the line
between the mud and the moonlight.

A pale toad carries a key,
a limestone door opens wide
to a forest that breathes in whispers.

The Faun has eyes like old coins,
speaking in riddles of salt and blood.
Three tasks to claim a throne,
three doors to leave the war behind.

Do not eat the feast,
do not drink from the golden cup.
The price of a kingdom
is a drop of red on a white sheet.

She chooses the blade over the crown,
a final breath in the ruins,
while the flowers bloom
in a place where the war cannot follow.

Grey stone, iron rule, Three tasks for a golden throne, Blood wakes the kingdom.

“The only way to be truly free is to follow your own heart, even when the world tells you it is a fantasy.”

Pan’s Labyrinth, Wikipedia

Seven Devils, Florence + The Machine

Fortune, (throwback post)

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