I know I can't be a storybook princess
So I don't know why I expect a prince

Expect a true love
A happily ever after

I guess I suppose everyone should have a chance at it

But that's not how life works
Is it?

Life is full of ups and downs
You have to make of it what you can

The people you meet...they aren't necessarily your destiny

You have to take them as they are and make your own happily ever after

Be happy and fall in love if you can
But don't expect it

Realize what you are
Who you are

And appreciate what you have while you have it

Because life is not a story
You don't have guarantees

Or spells that can change everything at a moment's notice -- reverse death, induce love, bring happiness to all

You have to be your own magic spell
Your own hero, your own prince

Save yourself
No one else is coming