This Isn't Where I Started

This isn't where I started

But it's where I am meant to be

I'm not sad here or ever

And I am always free

I couldn’t tell you how

And I can't imagine why

I can only tell you how it was

And while I'll never cry

It all started when I was a kid

Though, it's hard to imagine now

I played with dolls and dresses

And made up wedding vows

My mother told me I was a princess

My father told me I would find a prince

They said that he'd be handsome

And I wasn't hard to convince

And then with each passing year

I knew and dreamed each night

That I was a princess, just waiting

For a boy to be my charming knight

I played by the rules that I was taught

I was the sweet, damsel in distress

I cried, I cooked, I did all I was told

And I found a prince, more or less

But it turned out it was only less

Less freedom, less happiness, less love

But I played by the rules and smiled

So, I was a princess and happy, sort of.

It got worse though, by the day

As he became more monster than man

It wasn't long before I was trapped

I did what I could and came up with a plan

To sneak away and disappear for good

But life isn't a story; everything has a cost .

And I had no money to my name

And I knew if I left how much would be lost .

And yet leave I did, without even a word

I was done my not-so-happily ever after

I was packed and ready to start anew

To find more love and laughter

I played the role of princess again

At least one more time, maybe two

Then I got tired of waiting to be saved

When it wasn't even that hard to do

No longer willing to play the part

To set the stage like I had been told

I learned I was just a person, just me

And stopped believing the lies I'd been sold

So, as I said, I don't know how it happened

Or how all the rules turned out to be lies

But I can tell you one thing for sure

If my story starts to turn, I know now how to revise.