Princess in a Paper Bag

You were my prince charming

On a stallion, in you rode

But after I had kissed you

you turned into a toad...

I felt I had been stolen

flown by a dragon to a layer

I braved the smoke and mirrors

until everything was clear

Upon my return you did confirm

that where there is smoke there's fire

I did not shed a tear that day

When I found out you were a liar

To think a dragon could show more heart

For me, around the world he flew

Then when I looked into your crown

My reflection was not the girl you thought you knew...

No more put downs and pathetic pleas!

I won't tolerate your haughty nag

I flew a dragon around the world

Princess in a paper bag

Dresses

The first time I felt you letting go
like a knot in my stomach, an ache in my soul
I guess that's intuition, I mistook it for the flu
sick and tired of being tired, holding on to you

Now the time between my thoughts is white
like my agenda pages, despite
my efforts to fill the empty places
in all this space, my mind, it races

I stand in my closet and look at my clothes
A bit of hope here I suppose
So many dresses collecting dust
And a head full of fading pictures of us

Bleed Out

Ouch, broken heart, you sliced my aorta
I bleed out
tears like blood, memories
until I feel like I have an iron deficiency
the strength is missing in me

but you underestimated the size of my heart
blue veins of ice
the fire in my soul like a pace maker device

I move forward like Kinesin
circulation, a new beginning
I feel my pulse beating again

I bleed out
the poison

Sand Castle

She stands inside the castle looking out across the sea
the tide is slowly rising but she waits there silently
as the water takes it over, the walls begin to fall
I saw the castle wash away, nothing more, that was all

Beside the window knowing, the evening fading in
orange light lay across the sand between the shadows cast within
the illusion of the fortress crumbled with the last sigh of the sea
I saw the castle wash away, nothing left, just the beach