If my life were a fairy tale
I wonder who I would be
Which fictitious heroine
Would best portray me

Would it be Snow White
With her seven little dwarfs
The Crone, the Magic Mirror
and the handsome Prince of course

Would it be Sleeping Beauty
Working at her spindle
Asleep then for 100 years
Until life her Prince rekindles

Would it be Rapunzel
With such long golden hair
Locked up in her tower
‘Til her Prince frees her from there

Or maybe Cinderella
With the blue birds and the coach
The delicate glass slipper
Prince Charming loves her most

I’ve no wish to be a Princess
Nor have a Prince, a party or gala
Me, I’ll take Simba, the Lion King
And I will be his Nala!

Trish Johnston 22nd February 2012 ©