Love Poem: Fairy Tale
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Written by: Gillian Brumbaugh

Fairy Tale

In my fairy tale I have to be my own hero,
No one’s gonna rescue me from anything;

The curse put on me by some witch is being alone,
Without anyone to love or love me back;

My closed off tower is Blanchard,
Isolated from the outside world;

The conflict I have is being a teenager in this place,
Having no way out and nowhere to go;

My lady’s in waiting are leaving left and right,
For all their pushing and back-stabbing;

I haven’t come to the good sorcerer yet,
The one that will help me through all the twists;

The noble steed being a ’79 Volvo with over 300,000 miles,
Is the only means of transportation I have;

My glass slippers are leather knee high boots,
Hardly being ballroom attire;

My far off castle is the city,
Where I want to be more than anywhere;

My knight in shining armor I haven’t met yet,
In anything more than a dream anyways;

All that’s left is for my fairly tale to end,
So I can have my happily ever after.