Cinderella Syndrome

Are you the girl who has the tiny foot

that fits that transparent glass slipper.

You know the slipper that in real life

would most likely break as soon as

you step into it.

Were you upset that you were not born

with the name Cinderella?

Or maybe you were Cindy and that is close enough.

Enough to give you the fairytale life?

Are you the girl who grew up thinking that you were

destined to live her magical life?

Was Prince Charming really all that he’s

cracked up to be?  In real life we

know that no Prince Charming is designed

to be perfect.

As perfect doesn’t really exist.

Are you caught up in your Cinderella syndrome

where everything about your life must

be without flaws or else your

fairy tale has collapsed?

Are you the Cinderella princess

who thought she had it all just the way she wanted

and then, now she is in a damaged reality

because her fairytale dream dwindled into nothing.

And now she is living in a nightmare

because her Cinderella Syndrome

got way out of control.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted January 14, 2012