People say growing up means outgrowing fairytales.

That at some point, you trade castles for careers.

Magic for logic.

Wishes for strategy.

And maybe I did.

On the surface.

I learned timelines.

I learned realism.

I learned how to call longing “goals” instead of dreams.

But if I’m honest —

I never stopped dreaming about fairytales.

I just stopped admitting it out loud.

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