The Last Fairy Tale


ONCE UPON A RECENT TIME
IN A NOT-SO-DISTANT LAND,
MY FAIRY TALES NEVER CAME TRUE.

GENIES’ LAMPS AND GOLDEN GEESE:
I RARELY SAW SUCH THINGS AS THESE,
AND BALLS AT THE PALACE WERE FEW.

I GAVE UP WAITING FOR THAT CHARMING PRINCE
WHO WOULD ARRIVE ON MIGHTY STEED,
BATTLE ALL THE DRAGONS ON MY LAWN
AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF ALL MY NEEDS,
AND MAKE ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE.

LIKE ONE IN MEDUSA’S GAZE,
I THOUGHT THAT I HAD TURNED TO STONE
TOO HARD AND UNYIELDING TO MELT.

TILL I TURNED AND THERE YOU WERE,
KISSED MY SLEEPING HEART AWAKE,
WITH PASSION THAT I’D NEVER FELT.

MAYBE NOT A PRINCE BUT ONE TO ME,
WITH HEART OF GOLD AND VIRTUES TRUE.
YOU SLAYED MY LONELINESS AND SET ME FREE
TO LOVE MYSELF AND SO LOVE YOU.
WE’LL SPEND OUR EVER-AFTERS HAPPILY,
HAND IN HAND, AND THIS WILL BE
MY FAIRY-TALE ENDING WITH YOU.