The Fall

• Monique Abdilla, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2013

Nothing
Then all of a sudden
objects whizzing past my head
Butterflies, dogs, cats and frogs
Then all of a sudden
Darkness
I awake
In a room filled with red
Red hearts on cards
People wearing cards
No cards with faces
Wait, footsteps, high heels
The Red one approaches
The red queen
The queen of hearts
… down with the bloody big head
the hatter is waiting
my clothes are now tarnished with blue
the Jabberwoki comes
the Cheshire cat hides
the horn blows and the war cries sound
running out towards my foe
... down with the bloody big head