The Truth About Fairy Tales #1

Fairy tales are really starting to piss me off

They teach you that love survives death

Prevents it

Surpasses it

And brings a severed soul back to you,

Back to life

Full of juice and promise and light and spirit

When no one survives death

It's such a happy lie

That I believed it for years

Since it was told to me when I was very small

And couldn't think for myself

Or didn't have a choice

No one comes back

Ever

But they don't bother to tell you

That the body you once had pressed against you

Steamy and vibrant

Is cold as marble-

A stone that sinks

To the bottom of an empty pond