Fairy Tales...

If tears could bring a rainbow

then my life would be sunny and bright

and the rain clouds that hang above me

would vanish away in the night

The blackness of my ocean of tears

would transform into a crystal blue

and my uninviting island home

would become a paradise of my dreams come true

If shooting stars granted wishes

There’d be none left in the sky

For I have wished on so many

They will have surely died

My impossible dreams would become reality

And a smile would appear

As the shadows looming over me

Would slowly disappear

If genies truly existed

And my wish were their command

Would they leave me when they heard the wishes

No one could possibly understand

Because I wouldn’t wish for wealth nor fame

Or even beauty if I could

I’d only wish life to be good to me

And things be the way they should

If fairytales were real

And there were really prince charmers

This damsel in distress could find rescue

In her knight in shining armor

He’d whisk her away to never-never land

Where birds sang melodiously, and the sun always shone

And finally, for once in her life

The damsel would not feel so alone

But tears don’t bring rainbows

My wishes aren’t granted by stars

Genies could never truly exist

And fairytales could never get that far

But wise men do exist

And a wise man once gave his opinion a voice

“Destiny is not a matter of chance,

   it’s a matter of choice;

   it’s not a thing to be awaited for

  it’s a thing to be achieved”

So, as the “damsel” stands pondering the words

She knows that a lesson has been learned

Genies and stars can’t bring happiness

True happiness must be earned.

I wrote this 15 years ago...sitting in my Sociology class in high school, while pretending to write the notes of the lecture....silly Zoila...