OnceUponATime
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This four walls suffocate me
While my roof begins to fall
For my head is the one who is in charge
Tormenting me with the color of red
And why was I born at all
Once upon a time,
in a land unlike any other,
there was a woman
who desperately wished to be a mother.
She hoped to find
a prince someday
to give her a child
Once upon a time,
in a land unlike any other,
there was a woman
who desperately wished to be a mother.
She hoped to find
a prince someday
to give her a child
Once upon a time,
There was a little chicken,
Who thought life was sublime,
Till with fear he was stricken
He asked his mother,
“Where are you going?”
“Why are you leaving?”
Her lips are red as blood and her skin is white as snow;
But she’s an adult now, so it’s time she found a beau.
She’s the prettiest girl; that’s why her stepmom was mean;
Ah yes,
the classic fairytale.
Where a young women embarks on a selfish journey for
someone else to save her,
her prince to kiss her
her hero to slay the dragon.
Once Upon A Time…
There was a princess who thought she had found her happily ever after,
But she was wrong.
There once was a little pig town
The houses were all brick brown
The wolf tried to blow
But thankfully no
One could knock those bricks down
There was a small fellow
Who was quite mellow
And loved his Granny so much
He had long locks
That others would mock
And that made him feel quite low
His Granny was all he had
I have always felt the urge
to squish sand between my toes.
Then again,
I have always felt I should
have
toes.
Seeing her made this a
necessity.
Of course I couldn't
With the slightest stroke of serendipity,
My passage to a happy ending was
Opened.
And yet we started as
The most improbable pair.
Everyday. Day and Night.
Trying to reach my dream,
They're what all little girls aspire to be; a princess
Dressed and clothed with dignity
At the end finally getting a man
Yet at last living happily ever after again
Once upon a time is such a tragedy
Once upon a time I was living in fear,
All alone, not one prince was near.
I went on an adventure and met a male,
He was a prince, and that's my fairytale.
I do not want to live solely on land.
I do not want to lure in men.
I don’t want to kill just because I sing.
I don’t want a man just to get a ring.
The Huntswoman
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who’s the fairest of them all
Holding beauty in your hand
Who’s the fairest in the land
Cinderella stares at the New York skyline,
brown skin washed in sunset hues.
Hidden in the clouds is a freedom pact
separated by the apartment window she gazes through.
Since when did Princess
mean damsel in distress?
Since when did beauty
become our strict standard?
Since when did worth
correlate to marriage?
I am intelligent
Once Upon a Time
In a land, not so far away
A young wolf, was held, being blamed for a crime
But no one, had known he was a prince, transformed by the fay
His task was to search for the girl who borne red
We thought you'd do your part from the very start
and provide for us like a small marketer running his cart.
But no. You couldn't handle the prod, the pinch, the feuding.
Once upon a time
A young girl so benign Confronted by the curse Touched, pricked, and tumbled Fallen by the spindle.
Oh the unlucky one
Rembered for her collapse
Once upon a time,
In a land obviously far, far away,
There was another princess crying,
because her mom was taken away.
I mean come on Disney,
The boy who never grew old
The pirate who always gave chase
But the real story was never told
Peter had stolen his daughter
The man was stricken with grief
The boy he swore to slaughter
Once upon a time...there were three bears. Yeah, I bet you think you know where I'm headed with this story.
I can assure you, it's not what you think.
If Rapunzel used Cantu
her hair would smell like mine
coconut oil
shea butter
olive oil.
3b hair
flowing down to her toes.
If Cinderella had locs
Once upon a time there was a prince,
Ever dwelling amidst despondency and rage,
Those breeding his soul for persecution, and since
It dug its way into his chest, against his heart war will wage.
Once Upon A Time,
She heard the clock chime,
Only to tell her the magic was leaving,
But she didn't care for she was believing
She would see him again.
That blue dress and perfect hair,
I met her in a dream
Crazy as it seems
She laughed like I did
And I found that funny
Once upon a time
Innocence existed
Love caused clarity
Kindness was a personal trait
Magic fulflled our everyday desires
And knights in shining armor slayed dragons
