“Fairy Tales And Growing Up”

the little girl believed
that fairies were real
and that her fairy tale book
spoke the truth.

now, the little girl
has become a lady
and she still believes
in fairies and fairy tales;

and, that love meant
happy-ever-after.

how can i tell her
that everything is untrue?

lies quash the pure
and the innocent.
i am cursed to be
her bearer of bad news.

–Diwa