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Rewritten

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I refuse to be 

the damsel in distress.

I refuse to be 

the princess who waits 

for her prince charming.

I am my own happy ending,

I am my own fairytale. 

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Maria Renea

Fri 31st Mar 2017 12:30

I enjoyed the song very much

elPintor

Fri 31st Mar 2017 02:42

Forgive me, Maria..I hope you don't hate this, but it came to mind immediately upon reading this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_gL27_uIe8

..for the struggle of a woman within a masculine world seems often unfeminine...

elP

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