Alice's Adventures

Dreams are an illusion

A pretty wish

So fleeting, so fragile

So easy to miss

It kisses me softly

And waits for my time

To gather the courage

And take what is mine



I fall down this hole

No matter the cost

The hourglass empties

As my compass is lost

My tears are a sea

Of hopelessness and fear

I try to see the future

But it doesn’t seem near

The clock ticks and chimes

As I struggle to the sky

I am lost in the tide

As I swim and I cry

I get through the door

By finding my key

It was lost in my soul

But not all as it seems

The caterpillar sits patiently

Waiting for me to come

I’m filled with regret

For the things I have done

I travel through a mystical paradise

Of sinister smiles and shimmering seas

As I drink down the arsenic

That was left in my tea

Words seeping like oil through my brain

Pretend to believe the lies that they tell

No one can ever know

How they cast their spell

I am lost between reality and imagination

What is real? What is fake/

It’s just an illustration

Of what I want, of what I regret

Of what is lost, of what was found

Breezy Brignall, 2012