Happily Ever After

By Bethany Davies Whitaker

Fairy tales and Happily Ever Afters
Growing up we hear the words
"Happily Ever After"

Like fairy tales and princesses
The white knight will sweep us off our feet
We'll ride into the sunset never looking back

It will be perfection
No fights, no tears, no worries
Just carefree, radiant, delight
But it was all a lie

A story told to keep us in chains
Chains that bound and wrapped
Squeezing until we thought of nothing else

The real knight isn't a knight at all
He's the one you wouldn't have looked twice at
Before your fairytale was shattered
He's the one who sees your brokenness

But still reaches in to hold you
The sadness and despair do not matter
For he sees you for all your worth

You push away
Surely your white knight doesn't act like this
All the knights before have beaten you down

That was your normalcy
This new man isn't normal
He's remarkably unique

Almost scary and not like the others
A gentleman
Such a strange word

You say
"I could get used to this"
A true connection

A relationship
A partnership
With fights, and tears, and worries

But also laughs, and jokes, and smiles
Maybe not "happily ever after"
Perhaps something better

©May 2014 Bethany Davies