Heroin(e)

A letter to my love’s addiction, It’s been a year and some change since we first met, but I didn’t really know you at first. You were elusive and careful; a voyeur who lurked in the shadows taking notes. I …

Sandcastle

Here’s the devastating realization: Our sandcastle love is falling apart A fortress so easy for us to build Fresh water, clean sand and our fragile hearts Such a careless thing for us to have done For we built our castle …

Unbelievable Beauty

They say she’s so beautiful
And they admire her smile
Failing to recognize the event
Only occurs once in a while

Countless times they tell her
But their words never sink in
For the anguish that she feels
Is hidden deep under her skin

Her anger and sadness decayed
The confidence she once showed
Her self worth deteriorated by
neglect upon which she bestowed

Sweet words and compliments
To her, are never well received
For she can’t trust kind words
Too often she’s been deceived

Tale of the Unknown Princess

All alone singing to mice, an unknown princess was I.

I’d clean the house and try to smile before breaking down to cry.

Rumor had it there was a prince who could save me from my hell.

All over town I did beg, “Oh sir, this prince? Please do tell.”

One day this prince came riding into the village on a white steed.

That day the prince saw my cries as I continued to beg and plead.

The charming noble did sweep me up and took me far away.

I loved my prince very much and told him so each and every day.

I was treated like royalty and given a fresh start, which I really required.

I thought I was living in a fairy tale until what next transpired….

My prince, who I thought was kind and caring, was none of these things.

I walked in on him holding fairies and plucking off their wings.

horrified I cried out to him, “What on Earth are you doing?”

With an evil smirk he laughed; from his mouth these words were spewing,

“My Dear you are a fool to think I ever cared, you are just a pawn.

“With your sweet nature these creatures followed you, so I waited til you were gone.

“I captured them and ripped off their wings for the magic they contain..”

I stood their frozen in my path and collapsed to the ground with an unbearable pain.

I’d been deceived and felt my whole world was caving in around me.

With the strength to stand, I began to run from my surroundings.

My chest was burning as I breathed from the speed at which I darted.

I finally stopped amid a barren forest, a land I knew uncharted.

He would not find me in these woods and I began to build a shack.

As the arduous work continued on my memories began to play back.

A fool I was to think a man like that could feel for me such love…

Now living alone, no husbands or stepmothers… even my mice I had been devoid of

“Happily ever after”, I shake my head and scoff at the absurd notion.

An unknown princess I learned to survive by living without emotion.