and there he goes/so perfectly/the kind of lawless/i wish i could be
— taylor swift
once upon a time i believed a beautiful lie
or maybe it was a version of truth diluted
but if you had beckoned i might have come
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you made me remember my dreams
of chivalry and adventure and fair maidens
who could keep pace with knights of old
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you danced in and out of my life light-footed
confident the way i always wanted to be
perfection in every twist, snap and spin
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you wished for half-light in your hands
my half-life slowly decayed and died
with the remnants of trampled dreams
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once upon a time i believed a beautiful lie
once between a life i penned a beautiful letdown
once beyond a love i found a beauty above you
Good poem. I like how you’ve added in the ‘once,’ it sort of keeps with the whole ‘fable’ part of it all.
Once I reached to the last lines of the poem, my heart was with emotions. :)