crescendo.

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She looks out at the moon

Locked up in the tower of a castle that was supposed to be her own

She recalls a time when things were different

When she rode wild horses and slayed the fiercest of beasts

When she laughed and played and fell in love

When she was the hero of her own story

Tear drops roll down her cheeks

And she tries with all her might to take them back

For she is afraid of drowning

She shouts and screams and kicks about, all in an attempt to silence the tsunami of emotions brewing in her chest

She spots a dragon as it flies by her window, fire spewing from its open jaws

A sob escapes her lips and she tries her best to block out the screams of her rescuer

She has to be careful, she thinks as more sobs rack her body

For she has come to the realization that she is not who she thought she was

She is not the knight in shining silver armor

She is but a princess locked in a tower

With a heart made of fine china.

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