Dangerous Territory

Written: September 21st, 2009. 4:17a.m.

I should know by now that Superman and Prince charming,
Are childhood, fairytale dreams.
I should know by now that happiness is just ignorance,
No matter how real it seems.

I should know by now that the picture remains unseen,
Because the pieces will never fit.
I should know by now that love leads to heartbreak,
And there's just no way around it.

But all this knowledge makes me seem like a pessimist,
And that's always looked wrong on me.
So the choice seems simple--happiness or truth,
But that's the farthest thing away from simplicity.

I want that lasting glimmer of heartbreak,
That lingers in my eyes to fade away.
I want these thoughts to stop running so quickly,
I want my mind to be at bay.

I want my skin free of the battle-scars,
From the wars I've waged throughout my youth.
I don't want to go back. I have no regrets to change.
I want to stay where I am with a heart renewed.

Because I want to believe in love again,
More than anything.
I want to be able to trust again,
I want someone to hear my heart sing.

But it's still fresh in my mind, everything I've been through,
It's there when I close my eyes.
Everything I gave, everything they took,
How close I came to a true demise.

I've always been a dreamer and a day one at that,
But the truth has shaken me awake.
So I must build up walls and throw away the keys to the locks,
Because it's more than my heart...It is my life that is at stake.

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[Bubo]

I should know by now that Superman and Prince charming,
Are childhood, fairytale dreams.

I believed this too. Until a few years ago when he came, and he did not budge despite the walls I built and the keys I threw away, He still looks for a few of them, but my heart no longer hurts the way it did, and the past is more copeable than it was because he is beside me.
This will happen for you, but don't lock all the doors, its becomes so lonely, and empty when we do that, and not all people in this world are there to hurt you.
Your future is yours, open the palm of your hand and take the love when it comes, because only then will the battle scars fade, they never heal, but they dull, and with the right soul you will no longer be afraid to believe that prince charming is there.