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