Change the Day

She stared at the still waters
in front of her,
and smiled,
for what she saw,
what that lake held,
was a time,
way before now.
It showed a time,
where the beginning,
and the end,
were always the same.

Once upon a time,
long, long ago,
there was happily ever after.

The water rippled before her eyes
and she saw the time
she wished she was in.
The time where the prince,
married the poor girl,
and the evil stepmother and her daughters
always died.
The time where there was a Prince Charming,
for every girl,
and every cursed damsel,
was awakened
by a knight in shining armor,
or a handsome prince.

She saw Happily Ever After.

But that was
once upon a time,
and long, long ago.
Now...

The water darkened
and changed in front of her,
once more
and her smile
quickly faded away.
For that lake
no longer held
the time of Happily Ever After,
but the time of now.
It showed her the world,
she lived in today.

But now,
there's no such thing,
as Happily Ever After.
Now there's only
Tomorrow will be a better day.

The lake shhowed her today,
and every other day.
The air dark with pollution,
and the streets filled with danger.
It showed the world,
where teens are dying,
before their lives even started,
from drugs and drunk driving.
Where five-year-olds
are being raped,
by fifty-year-old men,
and where, by age eight,
most girls are already whores,
because they think
it's the best way to deal,
with their problems.

Where there's a murder
for every two breaths
you breathe,
and a suicide
for evey one.
And how so many people,
have slits across their wrist,
because they rather feel
real pain,
then the hurt clawing
at their hearts.

That lake
showed today,
and tomorrow,
each one the same,
not getting better
in any way.

That lake revealed,
the world she lived in.
and how it would
Never change.

Once upon a time,
there used to be,
happily ever after.
Now all there is ,
is tomorrow
will be a better day.

But we all know,
That day will never come,
because for the day to change,
People have to change first.