Fairy Tales - Poem

Princesses singing of

loves that will come,

godmother's granted to 

few lucky some;

Princes and knights

that slay all the dragons,

Horses that gallop

and pull forth the wagons;

Ships that set sail 

from the shore just in time,

Monsters get letters

written in rhyme;

Evil and apples

and stepmoms who kill,

hunchbacks and maidens

discover their will;

Wicked-y witches who fly

through the air,

children get captured

escape when they dare;

Fairies and magic and

carpets that glide,

trees that are willows with

grandma inside;

Ogres drink potions and

stones become soup,

arrogant emperors 

always get duped;

Mermaids want legs that

can stand up on land,

pumpkins are carriages

balls are all grand;

A daughter as small as

her mother's thumb,

A girl with long hair and

dwarves who are dumb...

Fairy tales ended with 

happy conclusions,

the writers, they suffered from

some grand delusions.

Life isn't like all 

the stories I read,

Endings are not like

the books in my head;

They're messy and painful

and when they are over,

Like Horton, we search

for that one lucky clover.

- Vera