By sassy
Date: 2005 Oct 06
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Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time I believed
in happily ever after,
a shining prince on a white horse
a glass slipper (do they make them extra wide?)
a fairy godmother
and seven little men to do my bidding.
I believed in ballgowns,
frog-into-prince kisses
and love making a man out of a beast.

I believe now
there is no perfect prince
but there is a man who makes
my heart race the Indy 500
and when he looks at me
there may not be stardust and fairies
but there is a frission of joy
that spikes in my blood
and makes me believe in
right here, right now,
not a land long ago and far away.
I'll take you, my sarcastic prince
over a charming one anyday,
and at midnight, after the ball
when the glass slipper shatters
and the gown turns back into rags
we'll race away into the night
and I'll do things to you
that Cinderella would never do.