The following poem is an entry into the Ever After Mad March contest on the @_Once_Upon profile. It's obviously, about our very own Red Queen and the journey she's taking in this story. I hope you enjoy it. Alice will be returning very soon.

When the mirror's face

Brings you tears

When reflections are

Your ultimate fears

When your twin is all

You don't want to be

But, in they world around you,

She's all that they see

When your every word

Falls against stone

And loneliness is

All you've ever known

An asylum becomes

Your only home.

Amongst the mad

And with the fools

You find yourself

As you break the rules

And a journey of wonder

Into a land confused

Makes you doubt your life

And discover the truth

Though you help all those

Who have nowhere to turn

And you do so only

For a friend you yearn

And the final act

Will leave your soul dead

The words leave your lips

"Off with their head!"

From a sibling who

Is lost to despair

To a queen whose heart

Is laid open and bare

History forgets

That you fought for what's right

And, in doing so,

You were taken by the night

But as your story unfolds

The truth will be seen

And forgiven will be

Alice's Red Queen

Edit:

I'm so pleased (and I meant to come back and say this ages ago), but Long Live the Queen won the Mar March contest! Whoop! I'd like to say a massive THANK YOU to the amazing _once_upon profile!