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Warped Fairy-Tale

December 8, 2012
By Anonymous

Once Upon A Time,
There was a girl,
There was a guy.
She was all alone,
He was in the light.
All she wanted was to be seen,
He was living in a dream.
She was lost – deep in the woods,
In him, all they saw was something good,
But below it all, below the lies,
Was something sinister, something to despise.
She found her way through the forest,
Through it all, the broken promises.
He kept it buried, hidden underneath,
Below his crafted masterpiece.
Yet, when she saw him, she noticed straight away,
There was nothing true to what they say.
Cause in his eyes, veiled deep,
She saw not beauty, but a beast.
No longer was she helpless, no longer Cinderella,
Her ties to that world gone, thanks to being severed.
No Prince Charming was he,
No matter how hard he tried to be.
The beast was breaking through,
His real appearance showing true.
It was a barrier between him and the world,
It was a shield between him and his girl.
No hope for them, it was not fate,
There was no light for them beyond that gate.
Never for them would it get better,
Never would they have a Happy Ever After.


The author's comments:
I got the idea of writing a poem about fairy-tales stuck in my head and had to follow through with the idea but I didn't want to continue the stereotypical trend of boy meets girl and they live happily ever after so I did this.

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on Dec. 14 2012 at 10:24 am
Newyorkcity_Dreamer PLATINUM, Wausau, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness”
Maya Angelou

“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”
E.Y. Harburg

I love this! :)

on Dec. 14 2012 at 4:54 am
WriterGirl1197 SILVER, Hamden, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."-Socrates

Wow! I like your take on a fairytale. It is more of what happens in everyday life and i enjoyed it! Excellent poem! -Writtergirl1197