I’d rather live in a storybook,
where every so many pages
my life breathes a new chapter.

I’d rather be the protagonist;
loved and wept for
in each dramatic sequence.

I’d rather have a plot line
that would climax more than
Shakespeare’s classics.

I’d rather conflict to rise
and be conquered
by the honest word
or simple laughter.

I’d rather live in a storybook
where there is no such ending
but a happily ever after.