like Alice,
we seek to find keys to rooms
that we do not know what mysteries lie behind
to mould ourselves to fit the openings
of terrors and temptations
to contort ourselves into a place
of ecstasy and enlightenment
can there really be anything more thrilling in live
that standing in front of a lock
hands shaking in anticipation,
not knowing how you will open it
but swearing to yourself that you will find a way
because one day,
one way, one lock, one key, one door
might lead you home