A Once Upon A Time

First its the once upon a time,

From stories and in rhymes,

Then it's the adventures and prophecies,

From beloved books and movies

First its Cinderella, Aurora, and Tiana, 

With their magic wands, shoes, and a tiara,

Then it Harry, Percy, and Clary,

With their quests, journeys, and a destiny

How not to wish upon a fluttering eyelash,

Or on the white streak of a comet flash,

From all the magical realms we've known,

For at least one to embed itself in our own

But as we age and life goes on,

The world becomes a whirlwind of the storm,

And right when everything falls through, 

We realize: no fairytale's coming true.