The hemlock grove grows poisonously
Paralyzes our youth
Nightshade in the everglades
The wonder fades
While centaurs and unicorns run away
Looking for a way to evade
Human beings and their dark adult dreams

It’s not the fairy queen’s fault
When she falters and falls
Failing us all
Those clear and glittering butterfly wings
Come missing
Acid tears come hissing
Macho men start *******
She is betrayed by our passions

The web of leaves caught
On the spider weaved branches
Of the big bad business man
Forgetting the bridge to Terribithia,
Fantasia, Neverland, Oz and Wonderland
Losing Alice, Dorothy, and Peter Pan

The innocence of a child
Who no longer dances
Decimated dreams
Fairy-tale creatures
Lose their way
Lose their voice and cannot play
Forget how to sing that way

Mothers weeps
Fathers eyes us all sternly
Tell us to get better earnings
And the myth of childhood fades away
To some long ago forgotten age