Take me to Fairy Tale Forest

where no one knows my name

yet every path is lit with gold

and shimmers in the rain.

Take me to Fairy Tale Forest

where no one knows my past

yet the unicorn and lakeside elves

make a home for my unrest.

Take me to Fairy Tale Forest

where my rights aren’t in the air

yet the dragon hoarding riches

gives abortions safely in his lair.

Take my hand and let me be

as free as the Royal Frog

who lays in mud undisturbed

at her Palace of the Bog.

Take me there and let me be

whimsical and fierce

as all the stories I’ve been told

at bedtimes through the years.

‘Cos where I’m at is messy

It’s making me so tired.

Take me to Fairy Tale Forest

for the freedom we desire.