Midnight crept in
but three a.m. ran
Before I knew it the sun was rising
and I fell out of Wonderland
Fell out? you ask
as if you think it's down below
But see, in Dreamland
Wonderland
is high, high above
I document these thoughts
in journals, pages bought
from the local giant bookstore
and read them aloud
to friends
who think I am crazy and need to stop
taking the melatonin
but I tell them, no, my mind never stops
and the melatonin shuts it off
even if the side effects are
bad dreams.
And because, in the daytime,
I see white rabbits out of the
corners of my eyes
and fairies ducking underneath the doorway
when I walk in with a handful of groceries
small glimmers of light and movement on white walls
and strange shadows dancing in the light
of my vanity
these are why I need a break
by the time night falls.
By Ashley Dodge©
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