I Am A Princess

Close my eyes
Try and remember the good
Try and wash out the pain
Because I know I should

Lie back and dream
Turn away from the hate I feel
Listen to reason, not my anxieties
Tell myself this isn’t real

Curl up tight, clinging to my teddy bear
Like a child, I try and be sweet
Cover myself with blankets
To hide the scars that run from head to feet

Open up a book, some kind fairy tale
Pretend with all my might that I am there
That I am a princess, so beautiful
Who sees no injustice, and believes all is fair

Smile and smile, be the actress
That I always dreamed to be
And as I do these things I know
It’s just ways to try and run from me.

© Copyright Sharon Ardern 2005