Sleeping Beauty, v. 2.018 (who isn't gonna sleep for a hundred years, awaiting the arrival of a prince.)
This Sleeping Beauty isn't all tight-lipped smiles and perfectly set hair,
She's wide, mischievous grins, and perfectly wild hair, flying behind her in the wind,
Leaving behind a trail,
As if she's a trailblazer.
She is a trailblazer.
She's also a meteor, a comet, a star, a shooting star, a wishing star.
She is a wishing star, and you are wishing on her.
In fact, you are wishing for her
She is the 11: and the :11, she is the wish and the wishing bone, she is the genie and the wishes, she is everything.
This Sleeping Beauty is all textbooks and pretty notes and flashcards and good grades,
Because smart is the new cute.
Besides, her hair colour shouldn't determine her intelligence;
Just because she's light-haired doesn't mean she's dumb.
Also, this Sleeping Beauty changes her clothes!
She wears every colour of the rainbow, and looks drop dead gorgeous in every single one.
She wears blue dresses and glass slippers,
And yellow stoles and fancy braids,
And purple sea shell tops and green mermaid tails.
This Sleeping Beauty isn't just Sleeping
Beauty-
She's Cinderella and Belle and Ariel all in one.
She's Cinderella because she knows that sometimes, life may not always be all ball gowns and pumpkin carriages and magic wands; good things take time. She knows that you've got to wait for your prince to show up, but she also knows that when he does, it'll be worth it.
She's Belle because she knows that everyone has something good in them, and sometimes you just have to trust your instincts.
She's Ariel because she knows that sacrifices and love go hand in hand. Sometimes, for the greater good, you have to give up something, and like Ariel, believe that the compensation will reach.
This sleeping beauty will not be awakened by "true love's kiss" because this sleeping beauty will be awakened by her morning alarm, so that "true love" can be awakened with her kiss and a cup of hot tea.
She will not prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep, she will get herself a Band-Aid and continue to sew on the button on her favourite Prada coat.
So you see, this Sleeping Beauty?
She is a revolution, and she will not be stopped by a hedge of thorns.
-an ode to fairytales
