Every tale comes to an end
No one said it would be
Delightful
Or the glass would be half
Or that he’d like the medicine
It held
Or anyone would care how he felt
The inn keeper didn’t
Care about
The fact that he was out of money
Meant this was the end of his story
Truth had spoken to his superior
And agreed to give him time to grieve
That was ending today
He had to leave
Soon
Just to make it
For duty in the morning
Truth was looking forward
To a positive finish
Not mourning
So would Truth shoot him
This afternoon
He had no answer
What was he expecting
Something
Except no answer
So for nostalgia’s sake
He goes back to the meeting place
No to wait
But to waste
Time
Even though it’s pointless
He hates
Time
Checking the sun in the sky
He realises … Continue reading

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

It’s as they say
There should be a saying for it
If there isn’t one already
Anyways
She didn’t work yesterday
The one who
Held her hand in marriage
Didn’t show
The nurse had been given the day off
The dragon
Was eager to know
Where she wanted to go
With such insistence
Raising her suspicions
Wasn’t part of the plan
Because their secret
Was now her secret
And she needed to keep it
That advantage
Close at hand
So there was no escape
And today she was still looking
For a way to get away
She would’ve called him
If she had a way
If he had left a number
And her mode of communication
Was still her own
The saying goes
Something like
This
Isn’t the time
To relapse into clichés
As it was already midday
Saturday
The third day
And there had been no further exchange
Of … Continue reading