"For a while I thought I was the dragon.I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought..."

“For a while I thought I was the dragon.

I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought I was

the princess,

cotton candy pink, sitting there in my room, in the tower of the castle,

young and beautiful and in love and waiting for you with

confidence

but the princess looks into her mirror and only sees the princess,

while I’m out here, slogging through the mud, breathing fire,

and getting stabbed to death.

Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal.

You still get to be the hero.”

- Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out by Richard Siken (via wellconstructedsentences)