Alice

She is bound by padded silk chains
Along a cold white wall with no windows
But it has a simple door just small enough
For ideas to be taken and hidden far away
Beyond the failing distance her mind can see from

But she is still forced to hold eternally close
To the words she spouted carelessly in her past
That whispered and shouted of clouds and birds
That loyally took new shapes for her
As a fortune most simply cannot see
Nor will they ever attempt to glimpse

Still he promised to forever love her
And follow her wisps no matter where they float to
With her mentalities cracked and all
As he jumps first into pitfalls and secrets
That were never his to begin with
If only to catch her as she unwillingly falls

But she could never return the favor
Oh she could not even lie to do the same for him
Though her thoughts may protest otherwise
About the love he always continued to bestow upon her
Due to all the harsh might she gave
To remember a dull smile like his could be
Without those dreaded feelings of guilt surfacing

She messily returned each stolen kiss
That was much too bittersweet for her to handle
Than anything she had stolen from that garden
And its facade of warmth and growth
That he so valiantly saved her from
Keeping her from the canine night walkers
With three heads and frightful jaws
That could far too easily catch those wisps

Those teeth would catch her
With a sullen burst of unwanted light
Controlled by fake flighty and fickle dreams

But she will always be an Alice
One that gets carried into her nightmares
With aid from any scream introduced to her
And her very overused senses
That act as scars to cover her innocence
As well as a haunting beauty
That attracts roses of numerous colors

But they protect her from an overbearing world
That was unable to save her from the dreams
Which attempted to spirit him away from her
In the midst of a waltz through her winter home
Although people tell her it is a warm summer day

Her ideas change as quickly as the quilted frames
And pictures captured carefully within
With smiles that follow his empty promises of bliss
That she might be too insecure
To wake and realize that men in stiff and colorless cloths
Might also speak an unforgiving truth

Just because he merely is an invisible cat
Not even a rabbit, queen, or hatter
That can always trick her with a smile
And a word of forgiveness
With a silent bribe for her ears only
To wager all that is her imagination is worth
And return it all to a wonderland
That is not as wonderful as it may seem
With its hazy caterpillars and wide eyed flowers
That give her no excuse to leave

So she continues to wait
At a table with tea parties and red celebrations
Just so he can greet her with a smile
As she pops another pill given to her by the colorless men
Though she used to be aware of his conflicting emotions
Or so she is told by her friends
Solitary creatures that lurk in the forests
Behind the seat of honor

They mutter truths to her wisps
Ones she never did believe
But they help her to notice something
Like that her dreams are not reality
That she is nothing
And there is no such emotion as true bliss