My Once Upon A Knight...

From the youngest of years,

I remember tales

Of princes and princesses –

Where love could never fail.

We’d meet in a forest,

Your touch causing shivers,

And we’d dance along the bank

By the edge of the river.

Nothing could defeat the

Brightness of our light.

It was us against the world - you

Should have been my shining knight.

But that was then

This is now.

Surrounded by stone turrets

You are nowhere to be found.

The sun is sinking fast on

Those stories of ‘Once Upon…’

You are now just a shadow.

Your love for me is gone.

You did not slay the dragon,

Did not save me from my fears.

I’m told these things don’t happen -

Love fades with passing years.