It started like a fairy tale
Right out the Story book.
I didn't imagine it could fail
It really had me hooked.

With helpful hands along the way
To lift me for a while.
The only words I heard it say
Were those that made me smile.

I didn't see the coming change
And I was not prepared
For how it would start getting strange
With creatures that I feared.

I felt the need to fuss and fight
And sometimes just to flee.
I even punch and kick and bite
But that just isn't me.

What happened to the helpful hands
Without the strings attached?
That's what I just can't understand,
Now all my hopes are dashed!

Now my love is torn apart
With insults and distrust.
It has ripped right through my heart
And turned it into dust.