How To Write a Fairy Tale (& Lose Faith in Happily Ever After)

i

Imagine the kind of life you’ve always wanted
Fill it with good things
Like
Smiles and laughter and intertwining fingers

ii

Write it down in cursive with your favourite pen in your favourite journal
Hide it away in the one place no one will ever find it
Tell yourself it’s not for you, best to forget
You’re more of the happily-never-after type anyway

iii

Kiss a lot of very ugly frogs
Never think about Prince Charming
Though you’re quite sure you might have met him
Once Upon a Time

iv

Kiss another frog and find a Prince Charming
Remember that fairy tale you wrote way back when 
Live it, love it
Until

v

Prince Charming turns out to be a good looking frog
Who’s just as slimy as the ones that came before
This is the part where the clock strikes midnight and you
Run

vi

Leaving nothing but a broken heart behind 

Once Upon A Time

I found someone
I fell in love with a voice
With a smile
With a sparkle in his eyes
I found my Prince Charming
Only he’ll never be mine

I went to find him
And I fell in love with a voice
With a smile
With a sparkle in his eyes
I met my Prince Charming
Only he’ll never be mine


I had to say goodbye to him
The voice I love
And the smile I love
And that sparkle in his eyes
I said goodbye to my Prince Charming
Knowing he'll never be mine