An Attempt at an Explanation

The fairy tales remain alive in all of us. Those early stories, read or heard, conspire against our maturing minds and mock our experience. We are all victims of oaths made long ago. Vows made in the dark when we were alone and unhappy and afraid. Pledges made in all innocence. And now, as adults, we are like sleep walkers, adrift and dissembling, and there is nothing we can do and nothing to be done.