Really believing in "once upon a time". Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you've never been before.

Maybe all young men who love us become knights in shining armor when we love them back.

Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.

Five is for five heartbeats, the length of time it takes to breathe in or out. For that is how quickly a life may change, for better or for ill. The time it takes to make up, or change, your mind.

Yet even the brightest of sunrises must come to an end.

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.

All of us show many faces to the world. No one shows her true face all of the time. To do that would be dangerous, for what is seen can also be known.