Fairytale

a daydream of mine

Time slipped away as if it was sand slipping through my fingertips

I remember the scent of cherry chap stick that went beyond my lips

The glaring bows that was clipped upon my hair

The colored leggings that didn’t match my shirt, but I didn’t care

Those moments when my only problem was looking for my barbie’s missing shoe

When counting numbers and naming colors were all that I could do

Where I once wished that I were a princess in a Grimm brothers’ tale

Until I felt like I was Alice, except I was pushed on an edge of a different rabbit hole

To a place far from what you think would be Wonderland

A night that sucked all the life out of me

It wasn’t something like taking a candy from a baby

It was a soul that was once so white and pure but just with a little touch

It became something too much

I begged for a wizard to suddenly appear

Wished to turn back time, maybe a month or a year

Perhaps a prince to run away with from the disarray

Or was the only way to escape this was to confess?

As I disappointingly relive this so-called fantasy

I whisper to myself this is merely a nightmare

A figment of my imagination

I guess: what’s a story without a villain?

 I have no choice but to leave my story unheeded

Whatever I do, I am defeated

As if I am Rapunzel who’s stuck in a tower unable to do anything

Or a prince who tries to climb a tower which cannot be reached

I am a damsel in a chaos

A princess who’s coward and afraid

Who believed that fairytales were stories filled with mystique

With a hope for nothing but a happy ending

As I continue to run through the meadows

I see a cast of a dark shadow

I keep on running, sensing that it’s chasing me

Wheezing with the air as I cannot breathe

In a blink of an eye, it soon outgrew me

One foot after the other

Should I look back or go off farther?

Sighing softly as I glance over my shoulder;

The unchanged strokes

The unchanged screaming of my beating heart

The unchanged deafening silence resonating

I have seen this before

Running off carelessly

Dragging myself at the back of a willow tree

Closing my eyes and inhaling wearily

As if darkness is not surrounding me

Begin to strum elements of soothing harmony 

After all this time, is embracing the darkness the key?

Sparkling cloud of dust is gradually dwindling as streaks of lights are encircling me 

A hideaway that has become an oasis of peace and tranquility

Just when I am falling, maybe I could fly

To fulfill a daydream…to be a fairy in my story

Author's Note

I wrote this for my creative writing class, let me know what you think and what I can improve on <3

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A amazing story in the poetry written dear poet.
"Begin to strum elements of soothing harmony
After all this time, is embracing the darkness the key?
Sparkling cloud of dust is gradually dwindling as streaks of lights are encircling me
A hideaway that has become an oasis of peace and tranquility
Just when I am falling, maybe I could fly
To fulfill a daydream…to be a fairy in my story"
I loved the above lines. They could stand alone. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry. I did like this one.
Coyote

[mariposa]

I appreciate your comment so much, thank you!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome dear mariposa.

[Just Kim]

Wow, this is so good, I enjoyed this

[mariposa]

Thank you!!