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Literary: A Tale of Kings and Queens
We lived happily ever after,
That we would say.
But we'll have everyone know,
It wasn't always that way
A fairy tale it is,
From baby steps to growing old,
Like a book, life is,
Chapter by chapter, a story to be told.
The first chapter is always the best.
Where the prince first meets the princess
Clothed in crowns and intricate dresses
While talking beneath the light of a chandelier
As they dance the classic waltz,
Or maybe in shorts, t-shirts, and worn-out slippers
While sharing food and playing mindless games
Under a fort made for two.
The first chapter is always the sweetest.
But stories don’t always go as planned.
There comes a time when princes become kings
And princesses become queens.
They need to make decisions for the kingdom
With the weight of other’s lives on their crowns.
Or maybe to get the perfect report card, degree, or job
With the thought of their future in mind
Somehow that one night in the ball had to be forgotten,
Or the games they played were just that: games.
Life got in the way of writing this fairy tale.
But somehow unfinished stories find an ending.
A king is always better with a queen he loves, and vice versa.
We got past the wretched witches and villainous traitors,
Like how we got past the distance and waning proximity.
We danced the waltz under different chandeliers
And played games where we may have lost each other,
But somehow our feet led us back to that first ball
And the same old fort made for two.
This story was never meant to be left hanging.
All we needed was a little more time
To get past the climax and find the right plot,
To find the best words and edit the chapters,
So that we could finish the story we wrought.
Look at us now,
We live a life so sublime.
And we believe this all started,
Once upon a time.
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