lived a girl whom I loved, love and will love till the end.
In a world of fantasy or perhaps even more realistic then mine---
lived my friend Alice, the one I’ve left behind.
“Wonderland”, that’s the name I’ve given it.
"Wonderland", because you truly never live in it.
Alice in wonderland and a world of paper flowers,
Alice my best friend and my constant wonder solver.
She lived deep inside herself with nothing to bring her out,
she lived the way I did after I started to doubt.
I loved her then...and I love her now although I’m not with her.
I hope she’ll remember me and understand it hurts and why I had to leave her.
Now the wind blows harder and harder and the paper flowers won’t hold,
Now it’s no longer “wonderland” but “thunder land” and no, not even the strongest fantasies would hold.
I left the fantasies to set my feet on the ground,
I left my friend Alice, my fantasies...my doubts.
I left what I grew up with, yes my friend Alice and our world,
I left my fantasies made of paper...flowers that would never hold.
So I wrote this poem when I was in high school. Oh the high school days... And for some odd reason, "Alice in wonderland" the book, was just now starting to interest me very much. Hence the pirate title above. It just so happens that my best friend from elementary & till this day is also named Alice. There were some moments there in life when I started seeing life in a different light. I had started reading, so I went back to writing...again. This is what I came up with. I wrote this for her.