OF ALL FAIRY TALES AND FABLES.                         

THE FORTUNE TELLING AND DECEIT OF THEM,

THERE IS ONE ASPECT WHICH I HAVE BEEN GRACED WITH. 

     I HAVE BEEN UNHAPPY,

     HAVE DESPAIRED, 

     HAVE LOVED, 

     HAVE LUSTED. 

OF NONE PAST WERE TRUE, SOUL-FELT FEELINGS OF FLYING FREELY.  I HAD BUT GLANCED AT THE SURFACE OF THE PRECIOUS GEM THAT IS LIFE.  I FELT EVERY FACET; SMOOTH, FLAWLESS, BORING?  I LOOKED INSIDE AND DREAMED WHAT TO BE THE NUCLEUS WAS.  EMPATHY: THE ONLY TOOL WITH WHICH I HAVE WORKED HARDEST; THE MOST ENDEARING PERSONAL QUALITY I OWNED.  A GIFT FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS.  I  REVELED IN ITS SIMPLICITY AND MEANINGFUL STRUCTURE.  EVERYONE SHOULD BE LOVED AND UNDERSTOOD ON VARIOUS LEVELS.  THIS WAS/IS MY GREATEST ASPIRATION.

STILL FEELING EACH FLAWLESS SMOOTH FACE, I CALLED TO THE INSIDE AND ASKED. 

 THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. 

 NO EARTH SHATTERING VOICE WITH WHOM I WOULD CONVERSE WITH. 

 ONLY MY REFLECTION AND INFLECTION.  CONSTANTLY GROPING AND PEERING.

NEVER A CHANGE...       

UNTIL I LOOKED THROUGH MYSELF AND SAW YOU.  

AND THROUGH YOU I SAW THE WORLD AS IT 

IS

WAS

CAN BE

AND I FELT JOY, ECSTASY, EVERYTHING, AND I FELL IN AND MET YOU.

KNEW YOU FROM THE CENTER OF THIS JEWEL AND PERSPECTIVES CHANGED.

WAS IT MYSELF KEEPING ME OUT?

I BELIEVE SO.

I WAS GRASPING AT THE FAÇADE OF THE WATER INSTEAD OF DIVING INTO THE MIRROR WITH ABANDON.

AND FEAR WAS MY NEMESIS, TO HER I LAUGH AS

I AM THE FAIRY TALE

I AM HAPPILY AFTER

WE ARE THE FAIRY TALE

YOU ARE MY HAPPILY EVER AFTER

I LOVE YOU