Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time,
The world was bright and full of hope,
And my happy ever after,
Only came after my eyes were closed.
You see, once upon a time,
Was a promise that pain was in the past,
And happy ever after,
Was the promise that happiness would always last.
But here's the sobering truth,
A "happy ever after" is a masquerade,
It covers the ugly truth,
That pain is forever and happiness is a facade.
You see, once upon a time,
I was a child who loved his life,
But as I grew happiness was dropped from my vocabulary,
And my world became centered on strife.
Once upon a time,
My life wasn't hanging by a thread,
And the demon called depression didn't whisper,
Your better off dead.
Once upon a time,
I didn't have to lie,
Telling myself "it gets better",
When all I want to do is die.
In my last moments, I realized the truth,
That a happy ever after wasn't meant for me,
That my soul was too twisted and broken,
And my personal demons would never set me free.
Once upon a time,
I believed that I would get a happy ever after,
But it wasn't until I was ready to close my eyes,
That I realized my story would only end with suicides echoing laughter.
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