Fairy Tale

Close your eyes
Indulge a mad woman
Picture the world
As a fairy tale
Forget all that is outside
Focus
Focus on a little village
A small kingdom

What can you see?
Which story will you tell?
There are so many
And at the same time so few
Is there a wolf?
A princess?
A lesson to be learned?
Do you see what I wish to say?

Who is the cast
In this fairy tale play?
Who is the villain?
Someone with no redeeming qualities
Evil through and through
Who is the hero?
Someone who does things perfectly
Who is noble and wonderful
And can do no wrong

Now
Indulge me
Pity the wolf
Pity the witch
Pity the king
For the fairy tales treat them ill
And also
Pity the princess
Pity the prince
Pity the fairies and the milk maids
Who have no choice

Do you see?
Do you see what I wish to show you?
Can you read the script
And then read between the lines?
Can you hear what they don’t say
And see what they don’t show?
Now open your eyes
And realize my spell
Realize that the world IS a fairy tale
Just on a bigger stage
When was the last time
Someone admitted
That an opponent might be right?
Do you see the wolves?
Do you see the princes?
And can you see also
The truth?
The workings of the tale?
Because if you can
Then my work is done
And you need to pass the knowledge on
And if you can’t?
Then I will say no more
And go quietly
To the doom my musings have earned me