Poetry: When Sleeping Beauty Woke Up by Jellorie Gallego

When Sleeping Beauty Woke Up

by Jellorie Gallego

one bottle of beer, one moment

where I take a bitter drink

to celebrate friendship

a game of fun and chance

you said, but you never told me

what the stakes were

one shot, one moment

i've never thought

conversations could last

long enough to fill up

lonely hours as the hands

slowly tick and tock

silence

and we're stuck watching the time

one last drink, one moment,

they say it's only your virginity

but they never talk about the dignity you lose

as the sun rises and the clock rings

i'm stuck here, seeking my clothes

but never finding my own self

one gasp of air, one moment

i'm nursing a hangover

while you're alright

talking to your brods

boasting about that girl

you screwed over in a one night stand

one chance, one moment

you get only one time to get it right

to give it up to the right person

that knight in shining armour

if only, you, in your white shirt

had been that person to save me.

and here I am

the girl who thought

that fairy tales always

ended up

in happiness

but the heroine of this story

is not you but me

and I know that I,

eventually,

someday,

will be,

happy

The End.