I'm a bear in love with Goldilocks;
with soft skin and sapphire eyes.
But Mama and Papa say
your love is not the right size.
Your heart weaved into gold
while violet stained mine.
Stole traditional motherhood
with a love I couldn’t decline.
Saved me from a lifetime
encased in a tower,
but eventually punished
for tarnishing their pure flower.
Everyone thought I would be
the princess expecting a ring;
but I was kicking and screaming under
layers and layers of spring.