Ever After

Once upon a time,

There was a happily ever after.

T'was more like a dime,

And evenings full of laughter.

The riddles,

The griddles,

And the diddly docks,

Were nothing more,

Than things on a clock.

If ever after were real to be,

Then why hasn't there been one for me?

I bore and tire,

With nothing to do,

But sit here and dream.

Of an ever after,

That will never be.