Fairy Tale

By Kavya Mehta

I was raised alongside princesses, 

They, who never fail to impress.

Are there any princesses without a happy ending?

Why is the scale descending? 

Like the one who was trapped upon a tower,

Hair that has beautiful purple sundrop flowers.

The one with golden hair,

And magic tears, that purified the smoked eye of the prince, as well as the air. 

Or maybe like the one in pink,

Did she ever sink?

Who was cursed by the evil in black,

No, she was saved by the one with a lot of sacks. 

The one treated terribly by her step sisters,

She was saved too by a magical whisper.

The one in the gown blue,

Who left behind a shoe.

The ones whose step mother craved for beauty,

Her mother tried to make her gloomy.

She was saved by the dwarfs but was shortly after, fed a poisoned apple, 

Is this another similar one to the one in pink? in sleep, she was but in the end she was tackled.

The one is the child of the king and queen of the sea,

How could they not foresee?

Her dad had a hatred for humans,

But why was she summoned? 

The one who wanted an adventure,

Got stuck with a beast for a venture.

Got built a library

Just because she liked reading, was that really necessary? 

The one is the daughter of the sultan, 

The one had it all.

She was named after a flower, as I recall,

She still escaped.

Princesses aren't a symbol of perfection,

Have you ever had an answer for this question?

They are what they represent,

Improvement, hope, courage, ah! I smell a wonderful scent.

By Kavya Mehta