The Cheshire Queen

The Cheshire Queen

A Poem by Zoe Richardson
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This is what it feels like to be unwanted. To haunt your own home while you are still alive.

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The Cheshire Queen


When the devil dreams

Does he dance through fire

When a man speaks praise

Is he a liar

Do archers aim when skies are dark

Can I take back that last remark

Is remembrance waiting

If a child sees seven

If you forgive yourself

Can you still seek heaven

Is what is lost all that’s found

Can words bring air

To a soul who drowns

 

I catch the fish

That speaks the truth

I send out bottles

To capture youth

Presence makes an eager friend

Love is not what I pretend

 

Fair is myth and fortune folly

I cast off ivy and put on holly

The games I play dissolve into air

I am the queen of all that isn’t there

 

-Zoe Richardson (2020)

© 2021 Zoe Richardson


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Yes! Words are air to a poet! I really like this poem. I like the time travel thing of casting a bottle to the sea so in the future we can find the youth that set it free. Great poem!

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

Thank you so much, kind sir. In all honesty, I wasn't thinking of time travel, but I see how that wo.. read more
'I am the queen of all that isn’t there'
what a great adios

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

Sometimes you feel yourself disappearing. You have to speak, to say something, create something that.. read more
hmmm very enigmatic write says i ... i think the title suites the poem well ... jumping, or falling, down that rabbit hole can bring ... who knows what??
E.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

Like the Cheshire cat, all is not what it seems. It shifts and changes and rearranges itself. This w.. read more
Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

i can feel it in reading ;)
Interesting poem , you write well

Posted 2 Years Ago


Wonderful poem, Zoe. It is deeply profound and captures the readers attention and thoughts. Thank you for sharing your work.

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

Thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to read it and respond.

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Added on August 1, 2021
Last Updated on August 1, 2021
Tags: Poetry, Feelings, Alone, Thoughts

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Zoe Richardson
Zoe Richardson

Cordova, AL



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Alabama native. Poet and storyteller and all around word nerd. I practice random acts of insanity because the world needs some shaking up. more..

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