Adult Fairytales
As children we are taught fairy-tales
Princes saving princesses
Princes battling the evil for us
And we live happily ever after
Yet Disney has never shown us what "Happily Ever After" looks like,
just a drive into the sunset
or a few happy montage moments
As children we are asked what we want to be when we grow up
Then we are told a bunch of facts about said desire
Then we continue our schooling
And "grow up" to reach something "more realistic"
Something that will make us money
And support the country
But are we happy?
Some of us, yes
Do we get the partner?
Some of us, yes
Do we enjoy life?
Some of us, yes
As a child, I never thought that
All I would want was to feel safe where I slept
Where I lived
Where I breathed.
That instead of all my dreams coming true,
every day would be a nightmare come to life
But now,
sitting at this computer to escape my current reality,
I somehow still want the prince/princess
I want to fight their villains and they fight mine
I want to ride into the sunset with them in a carriage
But I also want to fight with them without feeling scared or unsafe
I want to hurt with them, and we hold one another
I want us to learn from our flaws together
I want us to be healthy, and truly happy
A companion
What a happily ever after that would be