An Old Fairytale

This Princess, like any old Princess
she has beauty and kindness
and she has made the cave cozy
and all the neighbours really like her
But this Princess is not free
A fearsome Dragon her master
Day and night he guards her
with his sulfur breath he warns her
You can not escape
I go where you go
and you are mine
Countless times she has tried to escape
while the beast was asleep
alone she did not get far
a branch broke, a bird chirped
Dragon woke and raged
for days she'd be locked in a cage
crying and pleading until
weary she'd fall asleep...

Now there should be a Prince in this story
A mighty fearless fellow
with a sword that sang of a certain death
with a heart not frightened by any threat
The beautiful Princess he coveted
to a battle with the beast he arrived
three long days (or was it years)
the battle raged and the blood flowed
and every head that the Prince speared
made another three much more fearsome ones grow
Three long days and nights without a rest
fought this Prince now weary and pale
til refreshed by the water that the maiden offered
he speared the heart and down the beast came...

But that was then and this is now
Princesses now are told to grow up
Dragons signed up for some therapy
and Princes- well, who would still agree
that its fair to expect all that from anybody!

There is no happy ending to this story
about a Princess, her Dragon and the handsome Prince.
The cave is still homely and the Princess lives on
and if you ever wander this deep in the woods
listen out, some days you might hear her song
of a dream come true and how once she thought that it would.