Happy Never After

• Sophie Ferns, Grade 11, Xavier Catholic College -
• Poetry
• 2020

Excellence Award in the 'The Inside Story 2020' competition

Fabled school of lies and tales
That has changed my porcelain skin into scales
Yet the wench with the tainted soul
Has blossomed into a flower
And left me to rot
I’m good, I tell you.
Sweet princess, golden locks, beautiful
And innocent
Now doused in black
Beauty hidden behind
My imperfection
Aren’t I still beautiful?
Oh sweet princess, what have
They done
That has changed my youth
Into a soured, evil queen.