scribbling-nonsense

To the little girl with bows in her hair, What do you want to be when you grow up? All the other little girls in your class, They want to be princesses or fairies. But you don’t want to wear a poufy dress, And you don’t care if they think that you’re weird. When you grow up, you think you want to be A ninja-pirate with laser beam eyes. To the girl who grew up feeling like she had to change to fit in, You were constantly told, “a ninja-pirate isn’t a real job”, Although a princess or a fairy isn’t “a real job” either. You changed and along the path of conformity you realised that Your life

I’ve always been a sucker for romantic novels. I’ve always loved the clichés and tropes that come with them; how the protagonist gets the lover they’ve always wanted and they ride off into the sunset together. I’ve always wanted something like that, my happily ever after, but I’m scared I’ll never find it. I see these couples walking down the street and they're happy and in love; I just can't help but think to myself: will I ever find someone like that? I'm scared no on this planet will like me and fall head-over-heels in love with me. But I know nothing about love, so maybe that just doesn't happen i