She was sleeping
Talking
Walking
Across the stage
Piano player
With no one to turn the page
And she didn’t know
The note that was supposed to come
Next
She was lost in the music
Embarrassed
She wanted to run
Stress
Was turning her thoughts in circles
This was the last day
Halfway done
Everything moving
Like molasses and turtles
The problem with fairy tales
The real ones
They hurt you
Take away everything you hope for
Diminish all it’s worth
The dragon wins at every turn
Every idea
She’s able to burn
And you’ve waited
For the tables to spin
To that one chance
That you’ve finally earned
But what you get
Is the death
Of your hopes and dreams
In a urn
Waiting
Didn’t work
Now demoralized
No friends in a lonely world
Parents who will never realise
Their only child
Is a lonely girl
Struggling
Trapped
And … Continue reading

Life was being such a jerk
Strict rules and tantrums don’t
Work
She had to be at
All day
So
Back to a way to get away
From responsibility
Chores
Scores of things
That only served
To take up time
Maybe she needed a magician
A spell
A wish
A
Well
There’s a price to pay with magic
They say
And usually problems only seem difficult
Because of the solution
They say
Why was it so hard
To take a risk
A chance
Get whisked
Into romance
That perfect night
Under the moon they would dance
Walk through a garden of flowers
Hold hands
Bells ringing
Angels singing
Birds
“Birds?”
Vision dimming
Fainting
Emotions brimming
Overwhelm
Eyes snap open
To a stone room
A piercing sound
Reverberating in the cold tomb
Sighing
Exasperated
Did she have to wake so soon
With nothing to look forward to
Life was such a … Continue reading

Was she coming
Was there any point in staying
This is the part where
You insert more sayings
Especially ones about patience
And hard work paying
Nothing
Could hurt a Paladin praying
But
Was she coming
It was
Almost the end of the day
Tomorrow would be the fourth
But the note said five
Did he date it
And who knows when
If it met her eyes
Would she want to come
Would she even
Why
Why didn’t he think of this before
Going back to clarify
Seemed like
The right thing to do
But no story is written
About the right thing to do
Especially
When relying on fate
To make things true
It is a complicated world
Emotions confusing the clues
She wasn’t a chick
And he wasn’t a dude
He was the rooster
She would
Come to him through
Any means
Giving more meaning to
Everything
He … Continue reading