Never a Fairytale

He had the eloquence of a poet,

the valor of a knight,

the wisdom of a sage,

and the fortune of a king.

His seeming perfection was a tell-tale,

but I was too crazed to care.

Hi speeches were clever cliches,

his embrace, an enchanted prison,

his love was a lie of lust,

and his kiss, an unforgivable offense.

For when I was still his,

he was never really mine at all.

I was nothing but a fleeting interest;

a remedy for his boredom.

The story has turned sickening sweet,

and passion revealed itself to be a pretense.

He walked away,

head held high in apparent victory,

for he had crushed another dreamer's heart.

And off he went for another thrill,

in search of another damsel.

He left me in my  own tower of torment,

writing this pathetic poem,

about him who loved and left.

Our story was my scar,

a typical tale of unhappy ending,

penned in the advent of a heartache,

in the twilight of my dreams.

He was never a prince...

Just another frog in disguise.

And ours was never a fairytale...

Author's Note

Thanks for reading! :)

Reviews

[Pallavi Chaturvedi]

Too good yar too good. I like the poem very much and specially the theme.
keep writing and thank you for sharing :)

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Glad you liked this. Thanks to you, too. :)

[ASPAR (A Sol Poet Arnay..]

I think many can relate to this & the broken dreams & the heart left to heal..
This is really another very good write... easy to relate too...
Thank you for sharing :)

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Because a shattered fairytale is a famous universal theme... Thanks a lot! :)

[Tom C]

You write so passionate and so naked it is wonderful to feel your love and yet sorrow shared and bleeding on the altar of love. Slain by the dagger of ego as my heart was also ripped from my breast by an uncaring cougar looking for her prime.
Thank you for sharing.
Please keep pouring your love and passion forth for our hearts to pound in kindred souls.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I will, Tom! And thank you so much for your encouraging review! I appreciate this. :)

[OTownPete]

What a joy this one was, a real treat for the eyes and the mind. Keep em coming my friend. Your friend in words, Pete

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thanks, Pete. :)

[Greater Z]

Well done. Fairytales are lies that we delude ourselves to believe to make the world seem less horrid. Just like you poem potrays.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Wow, very well-explained. You summed it up perfectly! Thanks a lot for this kind review! :)

[SquinklaPsyOps]

You have created a sublime poem of love with a unique theme which I found utterly entrancing. Well done indeed!! Best wishes.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Glad you liked this! Thank you so much! :)

[annie lee]

whoa ... a rough lesson, and most of us learned it just this way. But some of us didn't get left: we got hauled along as a symbol of propriety. It isn't easy, either way.

A lovely, sad poem.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Yes, it's not easy. Thanks a lot, Annie! Your reviews are very much appreciated! :)

[Douglas White]

Easy to relate to, male or female. (I had the female version of the prince, unfortunately. It sucked.) I like this poem because you get right to the heart of an issue that almost everyone goes through at one point or another, without being either too flowery or too cynical. Well balanced and well done.

One other thing: one good thing about frogs is that you can step on them. Just a thought. :^D

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Hhahaha, Thanks a lot, Doug! If I weren't so kind, I would have already stepped on countless frogs. :)

[Diana]

I really loved this one. Very relatable. There are no fairy tales in life. Good things perhaps, but not fairy tales, no.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I agree, Diana. Thanks a lot! :)