Happily never after

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
how do you choose
the fairest of them all?
why do you get to pick apart every single person
that never gave you the right?

Snow White ate less and less apples
until she became so thin a gust of wind could’ve blown her away
and she needed a strange man to save her
What if he tried to do something else?

What if heroes aren’t good
and villains are just broken?
Who tells a man when to save a damsel in distress?
What if Beast was always kind
and the witch messed with everyone’s minds?

Maybe Snow White just wanted to be beautiful
Maybe the queen just wanted what Snow had
Who are we to tell if the voice was Ariel’s or Ursula’s?
Maybe we believed Ariel’s beautiful face when no one was there to see if Ursula stole anything at all

Mirror, mirror on the wall
why do you choose the fairest of them all?
Maybe she doesn’t want to be beautiful,
what if she’d rather to be regarded as kind?
Does it make you feel some type of way
that the fairest of them all
was the one who got away?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Vergara  Avatar
May 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
my childhood makes no sense now.. thank you .. nice poem
Hernandez Diaz Avatar
June 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
lol sorry and thank you
randall Avatar
May 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Deep very interesting
Hernandez Diaz Avatar
June 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
tyyyy
Squirrel Avatar
May 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Yeah, But Watch Out For Those Apples, Anyway. I Love This, Too... Fairy GodMother.
Hernandez Diaz Avatar
June 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
how’d you know…
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