All of that Damned Alice Imagery

It won't follow logic and it won't listen 
to reason, so let me fall down this rabbit 
hole again, I will love you enough for the 
both of us. I will love you so much that you

 walk through the mirror and return to me. 
I will cry myself out of this room. Make myself 
bigger and smaller. Clouds with the caterpillar 
never turning butterfly. Run, though neither of us 

are rabbits, I will chase you, pocket watch and 
waistcoat. Bless you, always, in all this Duchess 
pepper spice, I know. I know, it’s too much, but 
I’ll make you tea with milk and saffron, chai party 

with our crazy friends. Paint the roses whatever 
color you want. Take my head, the heart is still 
yours, queen too. The smile still floats. Deck of 
cards shuffled, by the river bank, meet me there.

Danabelle Gutierrez is a multi-awarded writer, actress, and photographer. She is the author of various poetry books including, I Long To Be The River and & Until The Dreams Come. She also authored the following chapbooks: Eventually, The River Surrenders and Softer. Born in Las Piñas, Philippines and raised in Cairo, Vienna, and Muscat, Guterriez now lives in Dubai and is currently working on her next book Tears Across The Earth.

Artwork by Marina Alaeva