For Ellie Hoov’s Wonderland prompt and Vocal’s I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge
She wanted to unlock Joy. But Joy always had an open door.
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She saw a place where time stood still,
The teacups danced, were always filled
Much better land than was before
Goodbye to Real, this she explored
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She danced with the spirits in the fields
Tasted the pure joy they’d yield
Smiling cats did beg, “You must return.”
For Wonderland, of course, she yearned
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The cats’ smiles, they did not stay,
They stayed in- refused to come to play
She still chased her dream, there was no pause
Refused to state aloud its flaws
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Yet her dreams stayed that, Joy did not ease
But in a place within, there lay the key
To a soul encaged, that none would seek.
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