I know a princess and I’m scared of her
She wears frilly dresses and has emeralds for eyes
She plays piano and picks flowers in the forest nearby
And she’s kind with a pure, shiny soul
Yet I\'m still afraid of her
When she lays her head against my shoulder she seems to come apart
She becomes a silky pink ribbon and ties herself around my body
And tells me
“You can’t be me, so why live?”
I hold her tightly every night
Singing her lullabies and telling her stories from times before mine
She kisses me and hugs me in a way no one has ever before
She makes me flowers
And excels in everything she does for me
Maybe even more
I have full control of what this princess does
And she, in truth, can never beat me
But every day when her eyes become heavy
And she plants her head on my shoulders or my knees or my chest
She becomes that ribbon again
Twirling up my legs
Past my torso
Until I am encapsulated up to my ear
She says once again
“You can’t be me, so why live?”
Her words don’t affect my body, I’m completely still
But suddenly I feel my heart and brain grow eyes that suddenly flow out streams of tears
And right when I feel that she transforms back into a human
And acts like none of it ever happened
Holding me tight like I would hold her
And I try to push her off
But the more I try
The more she tries to get at me
And crawls into my skin