A/N: This chapter is rated Mature. It will cover some sensitive topics, and I don't want to trigger anyone, so please consider this your warning. I also want to make it clear that this is not meant as a hate campaign against anyone. My goal is simply to highlight some of the problematic elements in these tales—not only in the older versions, but in the more modern retellings as well.
Yes, there are kid-friendly versions, and that's wonderful. But I believe it's also important to have age-appropriate conversations about the issues these stories can carry.
Cinderella:
A shoe in the face from a runaway dame,
A prince forever in search of the one he claimed.
Too bad he forgot to learn of her name.
It's a tale that begins all the same,
Though this dame never wanted the fame.
She doesn't want to play his game,
Let alone let herself be tamed.
To place this bird within a cage,
She would never aflame.
Because without the love to spark that flame, His is but an empty claim.
Sleeping Beauty:
ah sleeping beauty
a classic tale of love,
The prince defeats the evil dragon
awakens the princess with a kiss
and she lives happily ever after...
True love congers all,
Good always wins.
I grew up loving that tale.
I used to dress up.
In a fancy gown
and dance around the house
singing about my prince.
About how we met once upon a dream.
I never imagined that my dream would come true.
I never imagined it would become my nightmare instead.
He didn't stop with a kiss.
He wouldn't
I begged
and cried.
till the end.
I tried so hard to forgive and forget.
Like Thalia with Sun and moon.
I tried so hard to love him.
like Aurora with her prince.
But I'm no princess.
This ain't a fairy tale.
Where was my happy ending?
YOU ARE READING
Through hell and back
PoesíaThere's a tingling in my fingers. Humming in my head. a thousand ideas just waiting to be read. the page is blank, and the possibilities are endless. - Queen_of_Dead118 Hi! and welcome to my poetry book. First I'd like to dedicate this book to som...
