break your glass slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale)

by Amanda Lovelace

fairy godmother says it has never been within your duty to be pretty.

fairy godmother says i don’t know if anyone has ever told you this, but: their lack of love for you does not make you any less loveable.

when you spend all your time imagining yourself in other people’s shoes, your own story goes unwritten, & there is nothing more painful than that.