wondering

these walls

have echoes when

you’re not

around

so why then

my darling

this absence

of sound?

your words haunt

and play

but not

fair

not happily ever

after every

smile there’s a

tear

am I no longer

the one

you wed in your

palace?

and will the palace not

burn if you

leave me for

.. Alice?

you wonder now

darling

till midnight

strikes true

be honest

what’s really

the best here

for you?

just know

I

have seen her

and she will

not

fit any

of my shoes

on her little

foot