The Truth About Fairy Tales
Your story was so wrongly told
That made all little girls dream
Of a happily ever after when they’re old.
But to live in our world,
You may be written by a man,
But you can still burn brighter.
Of how Beauty tamed the beast
And of witch hunter Gretel’s glory,
Of how Ariel chose self respect
Before the attention of a man,
And how the prince forgot what she looked like
The night after Cinderella ran.
Merida convinced everyone
You don’t need a man to be a queen.
To prove girls could bring victory,
To keep herself safe from men,
Rapunzel chose the tallest tower,
That made 7 dwarfs cower.
Persephone stole a pomegranate
From the God of the dead.
A mad little girl killed the red queen
Who’d say ‘Off with your head’!
And turned dream into truth.
Aurora wished an unconsensual kiss
Had never happened in her youth.
you raise your daughters to be perfect princesses
That wait to be rescued by a prince charming
But forget that you’re actually teaching them
Instead tell them they don’t have to
like pink and play dress up,
Tell them that it's okay to prefer a sword
While society did tell them
That being a girl meant being weak,
The truth is people were afraid
That they were actually fierce and unique.
