Once upon a time

Once upon a time...

a girl discovered her life was not a fairytale 

it wasn't some book or movie 

In Disney prince charming never rides away with another girl 

In Pixar, there isn't a damsel in distress because the man of the hour decided to take off and join the marines 

See on tv you see our prince ride back just in time on his white horse 

he swoops up the damsel in distress and rides away into the sunset 

In sweet home Alabama they send letters while he's over seas

she keeps each one and one day he stumbles back into her life and they fall in love all over again 

like it was the first time 

our damsels melt into the eyes of their hero and the distress is gone 

Why is it that in my fairy tales the glass slipper shattered 

and despite the kissing of frogs none of them have turned out to be a prince 

I learned the hard way 

crying at midnight waiting for a fairy godmother that would never come 

why is it there is no beast to my beauty 

why is there no man to wake me from my slumber with a kiss to end all travesty 

in Disney, a tear rolls down their cheek, and just like magic all is healed 

please tell me why tear after tear hitting my pillowcase just isn't enough 

 happily are for holly wood 

they don't exist until written on pages and thrown to the screens 

this is the real world 

no one is coming to take you on a magic carpet ride 

you don't get three wishes from a genie 

animals won't help you get ready in the morning 

and you don't get to ride into the sunset 

yet i just can't stop holding on 

to the possibility of my own fairy tale ending 

"and they lived happily ever after"

is that too much to ask for