classic fairytales
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I watch the boy from my hidden place that no human had the chance of seeing.
He is the perfect prey,
All defenseless and alone.
He would never know what hit him,
With skin like snow
And eyes like honey,
When the girl was a child
She killed a bunny.
She was not good,
She was not kind,
But because she was beautiful
She was considered divine.
Young Peter and Wendy went out for a walk
when around every corner some creature seemed to stalk.
They heard the rustling of the trees and branches snap
and in the distance a rather large thunder clap.
Once Upon A Time,
There was a woman
Who had fallen in love with a lime.
Outside of her village,
There was a witch
Who told the woman her lime will become a prince.
Once Upon A Time,
There was a woman
Who had fallen in love with a lime.
Outside of her village,
There was a witch
Who told the woman her lime will become a prince.
Alone, in a tower,
A girl weaves her hair.
While dangling and untangling it,
She adds her tears to the pond below.
Alone, but for the other spoils
Adorning the interior.
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer,
Had a very shiny nose,
But he didn't save Christmas,
That's just the story they chose.
Yeah we all picked on him,
We didn't know what to do,
The Princess and the Pea
Once upon a time
in a far away land,
lived a princess fair and fine.
Her mahogany hair gleamed in the sunlight
and her eyes twinkled like the brightest stars the sky.
I am not Cinderella
But I happen to have her shoe size
A coy smile
And I’ve come to the conclusion
That this
Is enough
For a man
I am not Cinderella
But I happen to have her shoe size
A coy smile
And I’ve come to the conclusion
That this
Is enough
For a man
There goes Hansel and there goes Gretel,
the two who are known for their walks in the woods they go so many times a week,
too many to count.
But someone else goes with them, someone who Hansel and Gretel don't know about.
The rain flew straight past us
As he grabbed onto my hair
Slowly
Slowly inching his way up the tower
The witch taught me things
Once upon a time
A mermaid was curious
About life on land
Ariel could talk
But her life would be shortened
With each word she spoke
She loved a human
In her rebel years a young girl was sent
to drop some medicine to her grandmother's neighborhood.
But her GPS took her into a jungle of wood.
She found a cabin that was shaped like a tent.
Once upon a time, things were different. All your favorite stories did not end "happily" as you may know it. Deep in the forests behind a little old abandoned house lives a mother duck who sits upon ten recently hatched eggs.
I scaled the stone wall,
Green moss hugged the edges.
It would be impossible to climb.
I looked up to the window,
And there was a flash of golden hair.
There she was,
I've never seen anyone so fair.
they had left the window open
with only a thin blanket
to cover them in the night
and so, the cold overtook them
when you told the Darlings
Once upon a time they made me a queen
he said it was because my skin glistened with a sheen
unmatched by others
it was the glow of youth that made me your stepmother
married now and praised by all
Silly princess,
cried in her ivory tower.
No one was coming to save her
and the only way to be saved
was to save herself.
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your fears.
Do what you want as long as the witch doesn't hear.
How did the witch feel when she found that you were with child?
A baby with a baby
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your fears.
Do what you want as long as the witch doesn't hear.
How did the witch feel when she found that you were with child?
A baby with a baby
Once Upon a time,
“You really are a funny girl”
Is a statement that has followed me my whole life.
When I was young my father asked me why I didn’t like to play with the other kids,
Once Upon A Time….
A fair princess was born.
And all the land adored,
The little babe adorned.
How soon would she be betrothed…
Let's say Rapunzel had clinical depression-- it's not far-fetched. Spending a lifetime in a tower with no one but your “Godmother” and your thoughts is sure to harm anyone’s mental health.
Life was good before
A fulfilling life of peace and happiness
It was assured.
Nothing good can last
Just as the curiosity killed the cat
A good-natured act, became my last
On the day of Briar Rose’s seventeenth birthday,
As the curséd fairy had said,
She pricked her finger on the spindle,
But many do not know the truth behind this story…
