Even sleeping beauty woke up one day
to find her fairytale ended.
the part after "happily ever after"
not so happy
and longer than ever after.
prince charming now king chauvinist
rimmed with a rose rainbow
falls into bed, slovenly.
spent by gluttonous debauchery.
the moment when everything started
to stop
just whispered by.
over half a life.
youth goes un-paused
and age, like good deeds,
never goes unpunished.
in a lapse of acceptance,
she finds herself wishing
she'd gone right back to bed in the first place.
