for Victoria Anne-Marie

Song for Victoria




Sleeping Beauty dances only in her dreams
amidst the moonbeams and star falling streams.
Stories are the stuff that dreams are made of
desire, delusions and songs of forbidden love.


Belle loved the Beast but did she love the prince
look at all the things that probably have happened since
fairy tales tell us about the way we want them to be
laughter and illusions and memories of me.


Elphaba never wanted to become a wicked witch
but she knew that fate could be a stretch
Sometimes life over the rainbow is quite hard
musicals, plays and tragedies often change the bard.


Prince Charming was so great he didn't need a name
boys will be boys and men are much the same
A prince is not always so brave and noble as we are told
deceit, distraction and despair has a way of leaving you cold


Be it vampire lover or Superheroic Interest
a flaw is still a flaw and less than the very best
love can be the sweetest lie told to the sincerest heart
fictions are good reminders of actors playing the part


Live in wonder as Belle or Briar Rose would sing about
sometimes truth is out there, someone to care about
Elphaba would tell you that monkeys can actually fly
if you believe in yourself first then perhaps you will
understand why.