My Fairytale
I lost my love today,
I fell out of my fairytale.
No longer do I wish to sing,
No more do I wish to fail.
Nothing I do is good enough.
My head is thick
But I’m not very tough.
The thought of failure makes me sick.
Do I really want to do this?
I’m not so sure anymore
It seems everything I used to love
Is torn away from me.
Perfectionism is a horrible curse
Never am I satisfied
I’m not good enough at anything
My love has finally died.
I always saw this coming
And have always dreaded the day
I feel so empty knowing
That now nothing will be okay.
The things I used to cling to
Now make me want to cry.
I hate this hate toward singing,
So, I’ll just say:
“Good-bye.”
About this poem
This poem was written during my senior year, I was going through a lot of self-discovery following my heart and choosing a career path in the world of Opera as a singing actress. This excitement led to setting some unrealistic bars for achievement while simultaneously being fueled only by a bunch of hot air and self-doubt. I felt super frustrated and angry with myself. I was dealing silently with trauma, as well.
Written on February 04, 2003
Submitted by SingingSagittarius on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 685 |
Words | 158 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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