Skin as White as Snow
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all?
I look upon its clear, clean slate
praying it will reveal my face
I can't remember the last time I slept
Or had a mother to whom I wept
The men I live with have decided to "let me stay"
Little do they know they've just become prey
Cleaning, cooking, the animals become my slaves
before their fates become entrées
The curtains in our cottage have always remained closed
For fear of the sunlight on my skin is exposed
My stepmother may curse and place me in a box
But quietly I lay, still, like a fox
A prince "rescues me" and soon we will wed,
the giddy with glee, I'm about to be fed
Lips red as blood, Hair black as night
Skin white as snow, teeth ready to bite.