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.