Today, I’ll let you in on a tale
About a prince, a shoe and how I went to jail
Listen carefully as I unfold
The truth of this famous story that is kept untold
I was a daughter of a duke back then
A beauty beyond compare to entire men
Everywhere I go, suitors followed me
I hate too much attention, I wanted to be free
One day while knitting I decided
Explore the town looking mundane and hooded
With luck I escaped unheard and unseen
The fright of getting caught turns into joyful keen
I hopped and skipped like a playful kid
Then I remember, I left the things I really need
My gold, my bag and a picture of my mother
She died when I was little, leaving me alone with my loving father
Now I have nothing left except this pair of silly glass slippers I’m wearing
And my undying hope for a new life I’m bearing
I bumped to a man on my way to town
He said he recognized me and then I gave him a frown
“You’re the duke’s daughter” he said
“I’m not” I answered immediately and then I went ahead
I seek the witch for a potion
She gave me a bottle but said to drink it with caution
It will change my hair, my looks and my body
So I won’t be recognized by anybody
But magic always comes with a price she said
I need to kill the king or she’ll see me dead
So off to the ball I went
To land my feet at the castle’s door I almost can’t
The witch dressed me with glitz and glamour
I feel it in my heart, I’m trapped once more
When I entered the hall everyone gazed at me
I am the fairest of them all, in their eyes I can see
I saw the queen from where stood
I recognized her face and it changed my mood
“It’s my mother” I whispered carefully
Then the prince came and said “Would you like to dance with me?”
While we danced I asked him about the queen
He said she’s not his real mother but he loves her as his own kin
To kill the king is my intention
And then I realized, this is all an intervention
I saw my father from a distance
The clock strikes twelve and I know this is my last chance
I kissed the prince then said goodbye
I can’t kill the king, no matter how hard I try
I run as fast as I can but I tripped
On the stairs I fell and my shoe got stripped
The witch will kill me if she knew
So into the woods quickly I flew
I hide and hide until I heard
The prince is searching for a girl, the town folks muttered
He’s carrying a shoe for the girls to try on
He said he’s going to marry the girl if it fits right on
Failure after failure the prince suffered
The shoe fits no one but his faith is still empowered
I went town to try it on
But the witch saw me on the light of dawn
My heart thuds as she went my way
She didn’t took my life but she said I’ll pay
And in a blink she came extinct
I don’t know what to do or what to think
So I focused my thoughts on the prince and my shoe
On where could he possibly be, I think I have a clue
I went to my mother back at the palace
She told me the truth and I felt I’m home at last
Then I wait for the prince to arrive
I waited like a driven bee inside a tiny hive
Halfway home he stopped to a house
There lived three girls, the mother and a talking mouse
The peasant girl tries on the glass shoe
And guess what folks, she’s size six too
They went home to the palace for me to see
That girl the prince took home looks exactly like me
I stood there confused and puzzled
I tried to explain but they had me muzzled
When I saw my face at the mirror
I saw different set of eyes that leaves me in horror
The witch cursed me and stole my name
She took everything as if she won a game
I’m bound, imprisoned and shivering in cold
I am kept away accused and left to mold
Is this the price of freedom I crave?
To be left alone inside this dark cave?
