Poem | Princess Not

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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Back when I was young

I believed in true love

Fairytales were my stories

I was the princess

You were the prince

And like Sleeping Beauty

I woke up from a

Hundred years of sleep

Only to realize that 

there's no prince to wake me.

Several years later,

I got bored in my tower.

Unlike Rapunzel, I didn't wait 

For my prince 

I threw my hair over the edge

And chased my own freedom

My own happiness

Oh, Mama Gothel, it's okay not

To forgive me. Please don't ask for 

My forgiveness as well.

I heard the prince's car

Vroom into my driveway

He said, "Cinderella, come here

Put your feet on these glass shoes."

I thought about it and then

Replied, "Nah, it's too bothersome

And might cut my feet instead."

Prince Charming, I'll rather be in

Comfortable rubber shoes when 

Walking about. Hope you understand.

Back when I was young

I thought I was the princess

And you were the prince

But then I realized

I could live without a man

I realized I am no Cinderella,

Rapunzel, nor Sleeping Beauty

I realized that there's only

The old, little me. And

I can take care of myself just fine.