Fairytale Lies | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Fairytale Lies

Fairytale Lies

November 23, 2009
By freespirit94 GOLD, St. Louis, Missouri
More by this author
freespirit94 GOLD, St. Louis, Missouri
11 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in their looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are."
-Marcus Zusak

View profile

At five years old,
I was betrayed…
By the safety and comfort of my storybooks
Why did they lie to me?

I believed in the stories they told,
Of hope and dreams coming true.
But they never came true.
Why did they lie to me?

I don’t understand,
Why stories don’t just tell the truth
Of reality and life
Because everything they told to me was a lie

Fifteen now,
And I now what’s real
I accepted the truth,
That fairytales just don’t come true.

I’ll never understand,
Why they lied to me in the first place.
As for the fairytales,
They are no longer in my mind.

© Jessica B., Bethesda, MD

The author's comments:
Fairytales inspire you when you're young, but as you grow older, reality sinks in.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Love Is Weird
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Joys of Life
By Daniel Seeley Hicks-Neal BRONZE
Westville, New Jersey
Daniel Seeley Hicks-Neal BRONZE, Westville, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Summer Day
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
Nothing to say
By niceenouf PLATINUM
Garfield, New Jersey
niceenouf PLATINUM, Garfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"As we move on, you forget, we both move on, with no regret."

View profile
Poetry
cry
By carreyelaine GOLD
Arlington, Tennessee
carreyelaine GOLD, Arlington, Tennessee
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
The World of the Present
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 2 comments.

_Mags_ SILVER said...
on Jun. 25 2010 at 10:29 am
_Mags_ SILVER, Somewhere, North Carolina
9 articles 7 photos 436 comments

Favorite Quote:
- I stare danger in the face and giggle
- Never argue with an idiot, people might not know the difference
-R.A.P (Retards Attempting Poetry)
-Tip Cologne ryhmes with alone

View profile

great poem, and the truth in it lets it hit home. you have alot of talent

btw-can you check out some of my stuff?

literaryaddict PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 12 2009 at 11:01 am
literaryaddict PLATINUM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
23 articles 3 photos 157 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We're almost there and no where near it. All that matters is that we're going." Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
"The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound." Lady Bracknell, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

View profile
this a a really good poem. its putting into a new perspective how much we rely as children on fairytales, but how little we do when we're older.