We Need New Fairy Tales
As far as this mind can remember
The tales I was told where of a fair maiden
Living in the shadows of despair and pain
Longing for a new life over the jealous hills
So she can be made anew in happiness.
Then there was a new champion
A well-made lad who shone like
Golden penny in the bloom of light
He would come battle the dragon
And lead the fair maiden to her livelong day.
We need new fairy tales
Ones in which the soft maiden finds champion in herself
She summons the courage to slay the dragon herself
The power to walk over the hill she can overcome
And she is not like the weeds waiting to be cut out.
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