Seven of Hearts

Oh Alice, where have you gone? Lost in your corridors again Warrens of doors Infinitudes of space Barely a child, and so out of place. Alice, oh Alice! Where are you now? You drew us a card A seven of hearts But it floated away Like mist on the grass Alice, please Alice, return to us now You’re slipping away. The wick, it burns dangerously low Come out of your corridors! Those warrens of doors But leave me be! I’m safe where I stand Nestling my toes Between grains of sand Let me go, let me stay! To you I am — forever lost I am — I am In my labyrinth of corridors These warrens of doors