I grew up obsessed with princesses

Daring tales and romance

Love stories told through the ages

Maybe that’s why I’m a romantic

Or why I dream so loud

As I’ve grown they’ve been constricted

Slowly pressed smaller and smaller

Still there, just less

I’ve realized the myth in the magic

I’ll never be able to be someone’s everything

That’s not healthy

I’ll never have 100% assurance that I’m right

That’s not realistic

I’ll never experience a happily ever after

That’s not how it goes

The world is full of uncertainty and doubt

Humans need community

They wish for certainty, a wish the universe rarely grants

The beauty in this existence is that there is no constant

Change is the one thing we can rely on

There is no forever after

Beauty is in this

In the everyday

In joy we give

In hope we feed

In love we share

So, my darling

Choose to live