I Was Once Told

I was once told

It would be a neverending journey

That I had entered a dark labyrinth

That I was putting my life on the line

Going back and forth

Climbing up and running down

Some told me that I may lose everything

That all of these could lead to a catastrophe

And that my heart might be the biggest casualty

I was warned, one too many times

By my family, by my friends

Their irony and sarcasm were all over the place

Biases and prejudices were omnipresent

And the word pessimism then

Was an understatement

I was once told

That there are no fairytales

That princesses are hopeless dreamers

That Prince Charming is a mere frog who just got lucky

That real godmothers are never that kind and giving

That nobody sleeps for a hundred- year  

That mermaids are just figment of the imagination

That everyone must grow old

That we-- you and me

All of us desperate human beings

Only have a single wish

I was once told all of these

So I got lost

I was confused

Disheartened, disenchanted

But you, you found me

In the midst of the tunnel

Travelling around the maze

It was not your duty to protect me

Nor it was your obligation to rescue

But you held my hand

You guided me through

And just like that
As fast as that illusive magic carpet ride

Under our own Arabian moonlit night

I saw a more colorful and exciting horizon

with you.