your mom loved Alice in Wonderland.

Your mom loved Alice in Wonderland,
isn't it peculiar that I see myself in her?

Tumbling down the rabbit hole,
an unrealized self,
landing in a realm of my thoughts, good and bad.

Believing fate shaped it all,
it was vibrant,
storybook pop-up illustrations,
and rhyming, dazzling prose.

All along, it was me
crafting everything into what it was.
It was…