A Fairy Tale Love

As nighttime descended upon me,
I was granted a vision.
I found myself in the heart of a glamorous
Fairy tale kingdom,
A beautiful land where reality was the illusion,
An entire universe,
Limited only by the unexplored depths of my imagination.

I was the most elegantly beautiful princess
This wondrous world had ever had the pleasure of calling its own.
I found myself being sought after by the most gallant and handsome of knights.
They came from the far corners of my kingdom,
All for a glance of this magnificent majesty.

And yet as I embarked on a quest for true love,
I found but one truehearted prince.
One whose breath was only for me.
And he loved me,
Not for my outer beauty,
But for the everlasting beauty I possessed within.

He was tall and handsome,
And his dark eyes mirrored the darkness of the moonlit night,
Yet they were as deep as the everturning sea.
A simple glance at his glimmering smile
Melted my once ice-cold heart.

And as I gazed into those midnight blue eyes,
And I searched the depths of his pure soul,
I found the same endless frustration and loneliness
That had tormented me
Night after solitary night.

Yet above all else I saw his true love for me,
And I felt that for the first time that my life was worth living,
And I knew that he would give his very life for me.

He took my hand in his,
And kissed me ever so lightly on the lips
As gently as a butterfly's touch.
And I smiled to myself,
Knowing that I would sell my soul for him.

He took me riding into the sunset,
And then flying across the starry midnight sky.
He gave me his heart and soul,
And mine belonged to my prince,
My soulmate.

But our passionate love would prove to be all too brief.
Our dream world was snatched from beneath us,
Turning our life together into a horrible nightmare,
One with dire consequences.
We were both lying helplessly
Under the ever brightening sky
And we held on to one another,
Hoping for just one last kiss goodbye.

With fear in my heart I gazed into his eyes once more,
Hoping to find my lover's soul within their depths.
Yet as life escaped them I felt a peace I had never known.
I kissed his eyelids goodnight and held him tightly,
As my beautiful world faded around me.

I awoke from this dream,
Tears streaming down my saddened face.
Not for a love that was lost all too soon,
But for a love that I knew in my heart could never be real.

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