Reposted for V ...
You will always be safe in Daddy’s Arms
Fairy Tales … in Daddy’s Lap
He sat in his favorite reading chair. Carefully, painstakingly sifting through stories of dragons, witches, wizards, mermaids, magic and mayhem. Tonight he will find the right one...the perfect one...tonight he will make her believe
Closing the book he calls out to her…” Come here little one, Daddy wants to read you a fairy tale.” She climbed in his lap ... eyes clouded over ... fighting back tears she whispered. “ There is no such thing as a fairy tale daddy” ….” there is no such thing as happily ever after.”
His heart sinks, just as it does every time he sees the reflection of pain in her eyes. Lifting her chin, he dives in, swimming in her pain, riding the crest of broken dreams… demons … storms … and darkness. One lonely little girl … frightened, sitting in the corner, eyes closed shut … hands over her ears...trembling.
Without warning, she is sucked into the eye of the storm. She fights the good fight … crying out … looking for an ally. Where are the heroes … the knights in shining armor … the castles in the sky…the things that fairy tales were made of. The storms get stronger, the winds carry her further away.
Finally she crashes, her hopes and dreams shattered. Alone … lost … the only thing left is despair. He held her close ...rocking her in his arms, he vowed … tonight little one, I’m going to prove that fairy tales exist, tonight you will learn about happily after. Tonight I am going to show you something beautiful … tonight I will show something you will never forget.”
Safe … comforted in his arms … she started to drift off. The last thing she remembered, before falling asleep, was …. her knight in shining armor holding her with love in his eyes.
~W