Off the Page
You’ve seen those pictures of couples kissing in front of a Christmas tree, or clasping hands on their wedding day, or holding a newborn baby between them—a snapshot of joy.
But what do you really know about them? Just that at the second the shutter clicked, they loved each other.
You have no idea what trials and tribulations came before, or after.
You don’t know if one of them cheated, if they grew apart, if a divorce loomed on the horizon.
You simply see that in one static moment, they were happy.
A fairy tale is a snapshot too. You never know what goes on post-happily-ever-after. It’s simply a frozen minute, and the only one we seem to remember.
The difference is, in a fairy tale, the story can’t be altered. The prince and princess will never have a fight. You’ll never hear the queen raise her voice. No one ever gets sick; no one ever gets hurt.
Maybe love is only safe in places where it can’t change.