Once Upon A Time

Posted September 2009 in Poems by Dawn Harris


Running with no direction

Chasing a dream that’s gone away

Trying to hold on to promises forgotten

Time slips into another day

 

Once upon a time I was fearless

Once upon a time I would raise my voice and sing

Once upon time I would chase the giants

Stand up and believe

That anything could happen…once upon a time

 

Somewhere I stopped believing

In “happily ever after” and fairy tales

“In a land far away” was not a place where I could stay

My dragons were sent away

Reality took their place

Once upon a time

 

Once upon a time I was fearless

Once upon a time I would raise my voice and sing

Once upon time I would chase the giants

Stand up and believe

That anything could happen…once upon a time


Somewhere deep inside of me

That child still holds the key

The part that longs to be set free

Free to believe that…

 

Once upon a time I’ll be fearless

Once upon a time I will raise my voice and sing

Once upon time I will chase the giants

Stand up and believe

That anything can happen

Once upon a time

Once upon a time…