Once upon a time is how the fairy tales all start.
Once upon a time there was a fair maiden,
A beautiful princess, or a brave knight.
The heroines in the stories we grew up loving.
Then we hear about the things lurking in the woods.
An ugly ogre, a scary giant, or a cackling witch.
But in the end it's always the beautiful people who win.
They get what they want every time.
I wonder why nobody has asked the witch why she cackles.
Maybe the giant was mad because he was stolen from.
What if the ogre just doesn't know how to make friends.
Have we ever stopped to wonder,
If maybe the heroines in our story are the ones who cause grief?
No, because that is not how the stories are told.