You were a Princess <br />...a real life fairytale. <br /> <br />You only demanded <br />the ordinary things <br /> <br />a heroine in your position <br />would ask for. <br /> <br />So I slayed your dragons <br />cut through bewitched <br />tangles of thorns <br /> <br />& kissed you awake. <br /> <br />You realised I was not <br />a handsome Prince <br /> <br />But some old slob <br />willing to do the job. <br /> <br />“Eh...that’s great” <br /> <br />you kindly said. <br /> <br />“Now...kill yourself.” <br /> <br />And foolishly <br /> <br />...I obeyed.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-you-are-not-the-hero-but-just-a-walk-on-extra-bit-part-player-in-your-own-life/
