Give Up The Fairytale

• Katherine Daniel, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2011

You live within a dream
Your life splitting at its seams
This beauty you create
Stems solely from your hate.
You want to run away
Beyond that which you have seen
To far to have been followed
And start your game anew.
Forget the many terrors
That consume you night and day
And try to save what's left
Before it becomes too late.
But it's a waste of time
Your heart's been left behind
In the midst of all the fear
That you secretly hold dear.
You need to find a way to help
An ending to this self-spun spell
Forget your old game, turn out the light
And face the terrors of real life.