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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at C of C chapter.

A girl always wants what she dreams.

The prettiest face in the hall,

The nicest clothes of all, 

And always more than what she seems.

 

The mirror is her biggest foe.

One day she is beautiful,

But the next she doesn’t feel so plentiful.

It is all quite so.

 

A girl lies in bed creating fantasies of possibility and not.

She can dream of the futures of those with or without,

But she often thinks of the past and thinks of the present with doubt.

Are all thoughts nothing but a taunt? 

 

What about the future?

There are so many things to teach her.

So many unknowns to hurt her.

Will she become a foul creature?

 

The girl sees her self older in a new day.

All sorts of new fun to be had

With a husband and kids so glad.

Nothing can take the feeling away.

 

Except something does.

Terror and worries of today

Hide behind the her ready to play.

Thoughts start to buzz.

 

Change to happier thoughts…

Imagine a new thing.

A new story of castles and kings.

Become a maiden tying bows into knots.

 

Set out to give gifts.

There’s a path with flowers and smiles.

Smiles for miles.

What such bliss!

 

The girl is pulled out of her magical world

And told to go back to work.

She must conform and continue the paperwork.

Welcome to the Real World.

 

A girl’s dream is a dangerous thing. 

All it takes is one simple stain of society

To change her and bring her to reality.

She is then pulled along on a string.

 

 

Katherine Jordan is a student at the College of Charleston. Her interests include music, writing, history, and more. She has grown up in several different places and can tell a lot of random facts from basic health to Disney to world history.