• once upon a time
    a boy
    and a girl
    meet and fall in love
    that's how most fairy stories go, right?

    but how come they never mention
    the worrying
    and the waiting
    and the wondering
    as you lie awake in bed
    chasing around your head the thought --
    the hope --
    the wild chance --
    that they might maybe
    -- just maybe
    love you back...

    maybe the writers of the fairy stories
    left that out
    because they thought it would be boring
    but I think that it's boring
    -- and unrealistic
    without it
    and yes, I know it's called a fairy story
    but still...