Once Upon A Time

"Once upon a time" all fairy tales begin,
there was a princess, a prince, a girl, a boy;
there's a witch, there's a troll, there's a monster within
all set out with evil hearts to destroy.

"Once upon a time" my dreams began,
there's me, there's you, there's us forever
living in a world of love from woman to man,
praying God would keep us always together.

"Once upon a time" the movie screen read,
the first part before the main characters are shown,
an intro to the hero in blue, the damsel in red,
realizing without each other they feel alone.

My life is no fairy tale, no dream, no movie,
filled with grief then replaced with laughter.

It didn't begin with "once upon a time", you see,
so how could there ever be a "happily ever after"?