Raising Wonderland, Because We Live, and This Star Won't Go Out - Three Poems

Hmm.  Some poems I wrote for English.  And anyone who has read The Fault in Our Stars, that last one is for you.
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I - Raising Wonderland

Falling through the Looking Glass

Down the rabbit hole once more

In a hallway, long and dark

And through each and every locked door

The caterpillar asks, “Who are you?”

Before the court of the Queen

An answer tumbles off your tongue

Painting a such a fantasy scene

Are you Alice? Can you be?

Why, it's impossible to say

Will you make the Jabberwocky headless?

Will you bring about frabjous day?

You're here unintentionally

You're not fit for Wonderland

What a scared little mouse you are

Can you face what fate has planned?

“Off with her head!” the Queen of Hearts declares

The card guards draw their swords

Run, run, faster little Alice!

Back through all those locked doors!

“You're late for tea,” says the hatter

He's madder than mad, but dearest girl

Some things are bigger than others

And right now, you are bigger than the world

Daring to be braver than brave

You have to move fast to move at all

Though it's frightening, it's so exciting

Why, aren't we having a ball?

Playing chess is a life-or-death game

So subvert the rules, turn them on their head

Transgress the world with a Cheshire Grin

Just laugh and laugh until you're dead

II) Because We Live

My old glow has become a dull light

But it's a proud one, I think

For me, it works, it's enough

Though I may tarnish

Though my edges may rust

I'm still the same girl, with a faint shine

I have a candle resting in my heart

Burning brighter as the days go on

So if my fire ever goes out

Just strike another match

Hand me my needle, hand me my thread

I'll fix myself up again

And if you crack, just come to me

I'll see what repairs I can make

It might be a bit sloppy

And sure, everything is temporary

But I'll do my very best

So that you can keep going

There are times when things just suck

But why do we just sit around?

Wallow in despair and twiddle our thumbs

I want to do something, to give a hug

Just to the world in general

Because, really, everyone wants a hug

If in my lifetime, the world ends

Will it be alright to laugh?

I'm just one of seven billion

And with seven billion reasons to think

And seven billion reasons to live

One starts to feel kind of giddy

And even if I'm insane, that's not the point

It simply does not have a point

But because we're here, because we live

In this world of wrong and of right

Our light might be tedious and dull

But damn, it's still so bright

III) This Star Won't Go Out

That which we call the universe

By any other name would not be as grand

So come, my dear, let's watch the stars

Across time, across history

And gracefully, we'll weave our story

Humans, we wonder sometimes, wistfully

'Will I be remembered when I'm gone?'

But the time will come when we're all dead

And there will be no one to remember

Anything at all

We glide through the world everyday

Being alive, just living life

Yet the universe still gives us a nod

Even though we're all but a moment

A passing impression

This little hatful of days we have

We'll spend it tactfully, but as we please

Our time is limited yet unlimited

Because each second, each minute, each blessed hour

Is it's own eternity

But my dear, so be it if we die

Together, we've had such a good run

There were bad times and good times and weird times

So Godspeed, my love

Because you and I, we had the best of times

Someday we'll all be dead

But the universe will remember us

Infinitely, all of time throughout

And like a fire, scintillating

This star won't go out