The Grown Up Truth

There once was a Little Girl
with wavy platinum hair
who used to hold her stuffed unicorn
and stare down at the pages of her princessy books
into the worlds of magic and fairies
and knights and princes
and witches and kindgoms
and she dreamt every night
that she could wake up there
wake up as the Princess she knew she was meant to be
the Princess of Everything Happy

But that little girl with the wavy platinum hair
is a little bit taller
and little bit wiser
and she's taking those books
and closing them up and returning them to their shelves now
where they've always belonged
She's waking up from the dream
because in the dream her castle walls had started to crumble
her moat had dried up
her fairies disappeared

because real princesses don't live in castles
with princes and fairies and moats
Real princesses have real responsibility
real disappointment, real fear
can you handle that, sad Princess of Nothing
can you realize that what you're living isn't real
come back to the real world, little Platinum Haired Girl
come back and grow up
its time