A Fairytale Beginning

Once upon a time . . .
You said you would give me the stars
Once upon a time . . .
You said my dreams would come true
I shouldn’t have listened
I should have known it was a lie  

Once upon a time . . .
I gave you my world
Once upon a time . . .
I let you into my heart
Until you tore it apart
And I couldn’t stay    

Once upon a time . . .
You had my love
Now all you have is my hate
And all I have is a pain that doesn't fade

A Fairy's Heart

A fair winter's night
With clouds of gray
There are little creatures
Who wait to play.
Fairy beings
With eyes so bright
Set out on a course
That cold winter's night
They did not know
What they would find
A hunter’s sword
Left to unwind.
I saw them there
With wings so bright,
A fairy’s heart
On that soft cold night.

A Different Life

I woke up one morning when my life started anew.
There was something different about my appearance,
And my hopes for the future too.
I was in a different time, a different life.
I wasn’t myself, but somehow it felt right.
I had traveled into the past, with a different smile.
Looking into the mirror, it felt right
Nothing like I remembered my life to be
But this one I thought I would like to try
I wanted to try to be free.

A Child Waits

As dawn breaks over hazy hills
A little light emerges slowly
Fraught with tension
And shielded with pain
Catapulting worries and shame.
Lost to love and lost to night.
A little girl waits full of fright.
She waits forever until this day
To wait some more and to pray.
Have a heart, have a care,
This little girls’ sorrow fills the air.
Her mind has wondered to last night
When she had hoped with all her might
For that angel sent from heaven's door
To come and claim her and take her to it's shore.

A Chance

I figured it out.
I’m not going to be stupid anymore.
I’m going to try
I’m not going to just sit and wait to die.
I’ve heard it all before,
I’ve seen it said and done.
Now I have to go and live my life
Before it’s overrun.

A Better Fate

I wanted to leave this place,
I wanted to be gone. 
I was scared in the dark
And knew that it was wrong. 
It was like being in a cage
Without hope of escape. 
My panic rose to claim me
And I shut it out. 
I was shaking all over
And I couldn't stop.
I counted to five
And fled the scene
All I really wanted to do was scream
I needed a release from my hate
I was starting to doubt if life would be a better fate.

Last

Never before had I seen the light shining in his eyes
The way it did that night.
He walked out of my life forever,
Displaying just how much I really meant to him.
Now I am coming to know the void of emptiness
That was once filled by him.
His dimpled smile and husky laugh;
His knowing eyes and shadowed past;
Will forever be in my memory,
Til the last.