How long do I have to wait here for a prince that seems like he's never going to come?! Ever since I turned 20, I have waited patiently for him each day, week, month, and year. I don't want to still be waiting for him when my hair is fully gray. I have things I want to do that are not going to get done in a tower. For example, go horseback riding, stroll through a beautiful garden, eat and spend t...

As I stare out of the large floor to ceiling window of this wretched tower I can’t help looking out at the sea just beyond the city dock. It is so beautiful at this time of day, the sun is beginning to set and I swear I can feel the ocean call my name. The mere thought of the world beyond this tower sends a monsoon of feelings coursing through my body. Hope that one day I will get out of this room...

**My body became utterly weightless as my clothes danced in the wind. Looking out at the palace grounds I have called home for the past 30 years and saying an audible thank you to whoever made me feel welcome, I let go. I don’t remember what my childhood bedroom looked like. Nor the sent of my fathers cologne or the feeling of my mothers embrace. One room. One room with a small but comfortable bed...

I remember the first night in that wretched tower as if it was yesterday. I cried myself to sleep in that cursed night. The only reason I kept going is hope. I kept waiting for my Prince Charming to come and save me. But it seems as if that egoistic jerk completely forgot about me. I was in a state of constant sadness for the days that followed. But even though he played an important role in my li...

As Brenna sits and looks out the tower’s tall window she sighs about to fall asleep. She looks left and right, it’s been thirty years and there is no prince to be seen. Mother has gone out picking berries for dinner again, the same thing every day, berries and jam with toast. You’d think it was a nice meal for Brenna but she’s been eating it everyday, and if she refuses, she gets a beating. It was...

“I’ll come save you soon, Mary!” Are the exact words repeatedly written on the letters I recieve for my birthday each year. Today I turn 30, and I’m tired. Truly, ‘Prince charming’ was supposed to save me years ago, but every letter he sends makes him seem like more of a prevaricator.

I glanced out the window of this small, unimportant tower that’s not exactly fit for a princess. My entire life...

Me and Ivy went to the park when we got there me and her Play for hours we played tennis basketball and we went on the swings and slide in the jungle gym. Then after we went to see the duck there was this duck we named the

The duck Zuma, then we played with Zama for about 20 thirtyish minutes then Ivy and my mom called us. Ivy had to go home sadly, but I got to play for 10 more minutes then I had...

I wake up to the flutter of hits against the tall arching window from across my bedroom. My eyes stained of a good nights sleep so I make the effort to open my eyes and look at what is banging at my pretty window.

I groggily place my feet out from my bed and let it feel the sun soaked carpet on the floor. Today is a very bright day which means high hopes for me. It would just be perfect if today...

It’s been said that a princess stuck, trapped, and forever doomed to waste away in the recesses of a castle is supposed to be saved by a Prince Charming. A prince strong and bold in nature, a hero charismatic and alluring. The one who would hastily gallop straight into the heart of danger and save me from this unsightly and retched place. I’ve been told that story for years, or at least that’s wha...

The dawn cracked through the the window beckoning me to wake into my thirtieth year. The golden sunlight edged across the vacant pillow beside me. It expanded, coming towards me, whispering light. Reminding me, that yet I grew an entire year older, I was a person frozen in time.

I had been waiting for this day. I had been clever and cunning and today was the day I was going to expand. I was goin...