Fairy Tale Kisses

I want to be beautiful
                        Cruel

To boys
----make them feel and hurt

Let them watch me,
                        be the one to turn
---and walk away

With ruby red lipstick

I kiss their lips
                        to leave my taste on them.

I am the woman
            who has the right,
to break boys’ hearts

                 capture their silent tears
in a clear glass jar
                        ---show the world

I’m beautiful and cruel
            I can do most anything

I break a boy’s heart
            ---isn’t that what they do anyway?

I want to be beautiful
                        Cruel

I show love and take it back
            push the boys to the ground

I walk around on their spirits for a while
            ---see how they survive

I kiss their lips
                        to leave my taste on them.

Dannica Dufur