Fairy lights
Her thoughts light up her mind
Fairy lights fluttering about
Leaving ill will behind
Shielding her from her self doubt
She lets them encompass her
Their warm and kind embrace
As they try to remind her
Maybe she’s not such a disgrace
They welcome her into a fairytale
Princes whisking her away
The damsel in distress is doomed to fail
Perhaps a man will remold her delicate clay
She dreams of nights that have since passed
And new ones that will be
Oh, how she loves to dance and laugh
The taste of what it is to be free
She dwells in bygone memories
And new ones soon to be made
But the joke of her frivolous frienzies
Is she’s not happy now, today
See what the fairy lights don’t tell her
As they set her mind aflame
Is happiness is deep inside her
Not something waiting to take aim
No man or prince or charmer
Can unveil what’s in her core
For it is she who wears the armour
That covers her gold ore
Yet ore it needs refinement
Needs to be scrubbed to see its worth
If only she’d see her lonely confinement
Has not been this way since birth
So let me please remind you
To let your walls come down
If only I could unwind you
I fear in your layers you do drown
Fairy lights are powerful
Flickering thoughts warm and new
But you’ve let them overcome you
Setting ablaze the girl you once knew so true
So come out please, I’m waiting
It’s me, your inner voice
Life’s real, it’s hard, it’s grating
But it is your only choice
To live amongst the scary
Is to be brave and strong and smart
For that’s how fairytales are built
I promise, easy isn’t worth the heart
Let your fairy lights guide you my dear
There is a world filled with life to pursue
The fairytales are still out there
They are waiting for you too
May your happiness rejoice with the sun
Stop burying it away
Of moon and stars you will become
Oh, I can’t wait to see the day
-Lilah Shrier