Poet's Corner

[Bron]

Still struggling, still fighting, still crying
one day i will have a win
But still i wonder why am crying
it must be her, so sad and lonely
wanting an out, from such a dark place.
She pushes and pushes,but the bastard he is
its a one horse race.
So here i sit, trapped,
wanting and wishing for a way out.
The options are slim, so i have to shout,
get me out
bron

[Lilly]

A Poem My Daughter Wrote When She Was 13


Fairytale

There is no happily ever after
No sunshine days filled with laughter
No Royal handsome male
This isn't a fairytale
This isn't a fairytale

For I am the girl covered in dots
In moles and freckles and horrible spots
They say that I am bigger than a whale
This was never a fairytale
This was never a fairytale

For I am the man who can't help being this way
Hiding from society for I am its prey
I never meant to fall in love with males
I want one of those fairytales
I want one of those fairytales

For I am the woman whose smile is fake
Sometimes I wish I wasn't as skinny as a rake
My skin is stretched and horribly pale
I just want a fairytale.
I just want a fairytale.

For I am the boy who gets labelled a geek
My glasses and buck teeth make me a freak
I'd rather be online than hanging by the rail
Why can't I have a fairytale?
Why can't I have a fairytale?

For I am the bully who is supposed to be steel
I have to go through life not being allowed to feel
Supposed to get back up every time I fail
This is a fake fairytale.
This is a fake fairytale.

For I am the rebel with jet black hair
I get laughed at because of the dark I wear
They say 'that girl will end up in jail'
What happened to my fairytale?
What happened to my fairytale?

For I am the man in the wig and skirt
The one who is looked at like dirt
I hate being laughed at by every other male
This can't be a fairytale
This can't be a fairytale

For I am the teenager living alone with a son
Trying to get by with a rent that costs a ton
The roof caves in every time comes hail
I killed my dreams of a fairytale.
I killed my dreams of a fairytale.

Some people can't help being weak
We never asked to be labelled a freak
We had a fairytale once long ago
It was then we could let the smiles show
But you took our fairytales for yourselves
Removed us from them and put them back on your shelves
We laugh, we cry, we scream and wail
But nobody gets a fairytale.
But nobody gets a fairytale.

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll scream and wail.
But you'll never get your fairytale.

[Lilly]

she wrote that before she knew about me, quite amazing really.

[Rosalind]

Lilly, I still think this is such a wonderful poem - actually it's more than a poem, it's a realisation.

I have a very long-time, good friend in Holland who writes songs for a band he plays in. He writes similar words sometimes, and he writes the music to go along with them. He has had his words published here and there. I was actually wondering whether he would be able to put music to these words from your daughter.

Hugs,

Rosalind.

[Bron]

After the above poem...anything i say will seem superfluous.