The shoe’s on the other foot by Tom Docherty

A large tree in the middle of green woodland. Large white text reads: The Shoe's on the Other Foot. Smaller text reads: Discussing disability in fairy tales and folklore.

She wore the special slippers
Brought by the handsome prince
She’s only met him at a ball
His dancing skills were mince
 
She said she wouldn’t marry him
He just was not her type
He said he’d scoured the kingdom
He mentioned all the hype
 
She looked at him and smiled
He didn’t know she knew
She hadn’t been his first choice
There was another, too
 
He’d tried for Sleeping Beauty
But the forest was too thick
So, Cinders was the next in line
The thought just made her sick
 
She told him there were others
Whose feet would fit the shoes
She knew her ugly sisters
Had cut off all their toes
 
She sent Prince Charming packing
He was a nervous wreck
Why did they call him Charming
He looked much more like Shrek

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About the author:
After having to take early retiral several years ago from the educational sector due to a hard of hearing problem, Tom gained a Creative Writing degree and has been writing poetry, prose, and scripts ever since with poems and stories published online and in hard copy along with some competition success. He has recently achieved his first publication success in the United States. When not writing he makes walking sticks and crooks and also walks the mountains of Scotland and Austria which provides inspiration for some of his work. He lives in rural Central Scotland.