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1. The Happy Prince (And His Bird) by Fair_Lady_Kris, Zea765

   Fandoms: The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince (Short Film 1974)  

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • The Happy Prince/The Swallow (The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde)
   • The Happy Prince (The Happy Prince)
   • The Swallow (The Happy Prince)
   • War
   • War AU
   • Angst
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Tragic Romance
   • Everyone is Dead
   • Sad Ending
   • Sort of? - Freeform
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Ricky Montgomery's Music
   • I'm Sorry
   • I Will Go Down with This Ship
   • Inspired by Oscar Wilde

   Summary

   The Prince at war and his dear soldier.

   Does your heart ache with your smile?
   Do you choke down bile,
   As you look at the world,
   It's cruel nature,
   How naive must you be,
   To smile while blind?
   To care for this world,
   That's curled around your throat,
   That tightens till you can't breath,
   Tears flowing from your eyes,
   Years that you spent,
   Oblivious to the world,
   And it's cruel nature,
   Now come crashing down,
   Into your fragile heart.
   Oh, naivety,
   How it slips into death.
   So silent,
   How you cry,
   Like a bird,
   Shot down from the sky,
   Naivety crashes down,
   Into the ravine of inconsequence.

   (Me and Zi wrote this a while ago, and it was in class while discussing Oscar Wilde and his works)

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