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‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

June 3, 2025
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My Fairytale

You could be my Cinderella
_I danced with at the ball.
You’re the one I’m looking for
_Since you first fled the hall.

You could be in sleep awaiting
_Like the poisoned Snow White.
You may see me as Prince Charming—
_An antidote to night.

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You could be a Sleeping Beauty,
_A hundred years you’ve missed.
You will taste how sweet life is
_The day by me you’re kissed.

You, I swear, are the fabled beauty
_Seen in my dreamings’ veil.
I’ve been searching for you always—
_You’re my fairytale.

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LTC Roy E. Peterson, US Army Military Intelligence and Russian Foreign Area Officer (Retired) has published more than 6,200 poems in 88 of his 112 books. He has been an Army Attaché in Moscow, Commander of INF Portal Monitoring in Votkinsk, first US Foreign Commercial Officer in Vladivostok, Russia and Regional Manager in the Russian Far East for IBM. He holds a BA, Hardin-Simmons University (Political Science); MA, University of Arizona (Political Science); MA, University of Southern California (Int. Relations) and MBA University of Phoenix. He taught at the University of Arizona, Western New Mexico University, University of Maryland, Travel University and the University of Phoenix.

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Comments 16

  1. Russel Winick says:
    4 months ago

    Ha! I hope you find her, Roy!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      Russel,appeciate the thought.

      Reply
  2. Mark Stellinga says:
    4 months ago

    You’ve selected a very celebrious cast of fairy-tell-inducing young ladies, Roy, for this very sweet piece. Nice job –

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      I have to agree with your assessment, at least the ones I used to see on the original Walt Disney films. Thank you, Mark, for your appraisal. I appreciate your kind comments.

      Reply
  3. Brian Yapko says:
    4 months ago

    A very charming poem, Roy, which shows how love can make everything young and new and which proves that fairytales can come true!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      Beautiful thoughts, Brian. Thank you.

      Reply
  4. Paul A. Freeman says:
    4 months ago

    Awwww!

    Thanks for the read, Roy. You made my day.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      What a wonderful comment, Paul! Bless you.

      Reply
  5. Margaret Coats says:
    4 months ago

    Just think, Roy, how many stories you could cite if you had all the fairy books in twelve colors! My dream was to check them all out from the library. But this brief poem is splendidly supplied with three tales whose features come together as perfect romance.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      Margaret, I am so thankful you shared your thoughts with me about the fairy books. Fairytales and romance are in short supply in our modern world with their sensitivities of value and moral turpitude.

      Reply
  6. Karen says:
    4 months ago

    Roy,
    Your poem does not merely tell a story; it invites the heart to believe in the magic of finding one’s destined fairytale. Brilliant!

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      Karen, what great perception and personal encouragement. I am with you on finding one’s own magical fairytale.

      Reply
  7. Maria says:
    4 months ago

    Dear Roy, when I was young all fairy tales ended with
    ‘and they lived happily ever after,’
    but you make the quest sound much more fun than the end, now that is a true fairy tale, thank you.

    Reply
    • Roy E. Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      Thank you, Maria, for the precious thought and appreciating the poem.

      Reply
  8. C.B. Anderson says:
    4 months ago

    This is where fairy tales meet the tails of the dogs that bit you. If you’re not careful, they’ll drum you out of the service retroactively.

    Protect your pension,
    and let not tension
    nor apprehension
    be your invention.

    Reply
    • Roy Eugene Peterson says:
      4 months ago

      Oh, boy! The real fairytales were told by the Biden administration that began propagandizing the military with “Woke” material.

      Reply

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