Once Upon A Time

Some yesterday so long ago
My heart sang perfect rhyme
And you inspired the melody....
Once upon a time.

Way back when I did believe
Your love the golden rule
That we would follow all our days,
I played your little fool.

Your Cinderella saw you as
The prince and gave her hand
Your promises then turned to dust
In Never, Never Land.

The pure white horse you rode upon
Became my worst nightmare
Then trampled every hope I had
And left me standing there.

The glasses colored softest rose
That I was looking through
Distorted all the flaws and cracks
There in the heart of you.

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Red tear stains on the bed
You force fed poisoned apples
To your Snow White as she bled.

Abra Cadabra wish her away
Make her disappear
Nobody saw the scars that you caused
What you did year after year.

Steal her ruby slippers
You're the wizard there in OZ
Have an affair, click your heels
Convince her she's the cause.

Tell her she's pathetic
Your words will beat her down
Then once she cries an ocean
Push her in and watch her drown.

You shot the deadly arrow
Then went on your merry way
I watched you go, the many thieves
That stole my life that day.

Not Mother Goose or Disney
Nor Brothers Grimm could tell
The wicked little stories
That I lived inside your hell.

But now the last page has been turned
And I have closed that book
I'll write a new self novel
From the soul you never took.

I'll open up the cover
And my love will flow like wine
It will begin with these same words....
Once upon a time.