Once upon a time..
The sentence of of fairy tales classic that never ends
And so do the hopes of the young girl that stands
The beginning words of a young girl's dream
Wishes and hopes flying on a moonbeam
Happiness, love and peace is what it seems
The beauty of nature will set her to glee
Roses tinted glasses and lilies with a loving heart
A knight in shining armor, someone's sweetheart
A brave soul to battle away fright
A tender prince to treasure her each night
Desires and emotions that dwindle with age
As the young girl fails to embrace with grace
The knight she sets her eyes upon sets away
And the young girl's heart broken into pieces
Given up hope as she picks up her chest
And fly away to another dreamland
Hoping to heal the heart of pain
As she sets her foot by the river
The tears flow for better life to conquer
As she begs for mercy for better tomorrow
For she is no longer like in fairy tales
No longer naive, but sorrowfully sage
No brave knight, no gentle soul
Her childish dreams buried long ago
Her rose-colored glasses are now tinted black
One man's evil weighing heavily on her back
No "happily ever after" in this woman's mind
Her past and her present, for now, intertwined
Now she hopes for a little touch of love and happiness to be with her till end

-me@mcmaster-