Once Upon a Time

I remember when in my childhood world
Before the elementary school years
To me life was often like a fairy tale.
Existence was fun, safe, and happy
And exactly like in the fairy tales,
The prince would meet the princess
And marry and live happily ever after.
And the only person being stalked by predators
Was little red riding hood by the wolf.

But even that fairy tale had a happy ending
When the lumberjack saved little red riding hood.
At least in the version I was read by my mother.
But like life, in the earlier version no lumberjack
Saved little red riding hood from the wolf.

And many princes don’t meet their princesses
And live happily ever after in their lifetimes.
And many people are stalked by wolves
And murdered by them in the real world.
Maybe when I die I’ll be reborn into
That fairy tale life of sweet innocence.

Bob Boyd

Author: BobBoyd

Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-) View all posts by BobBoyd