Poem: Alice

Alice

By abbyweyr May 2011

Based on Singularity by Openhome

Alice woke up all alone

Not knowing who or what

She was or now is.

She had a vision of a

Blonde haired man,

Knew he was her love.

She had another vision of a

Family, first two, then three

Then one more and one final one.

That family was another goal;

But first had to find the

Blonde haired man, Jasper.

She fed on instinct

Not knowing how or why;

Not liking what she saw after.

Found an empty school,

Learned her letters, numbers

Geography and history.

Decided to follow example

From the family to feed on animals,

So that she could join that family.

As wandering alone she

Found a couple to

Explain what she was

A vampire.

Found work as seamstress

For a nearly blind couple.

She lived in church belfry.

Then the husband died;

Wife returned to New York

To live with her sister.

Alice went with her;

And there began

Her lessons in finances.

While working the shady side

Of the money business

She was found by the

Local vampires.

She learned more about

Money and fashion

And being a vampire.

Visions of the blonde haired man

Knew eventually find and love him

And together join the family of five.

There were parties to attend

And to plan

And money to make grow.

Then vision of blonde haired man

Came, but he was with another.

Oh, such pain for Alice.

She became a shell.

She moved the shell around

Traveling with friends as if normal.

A friend eventually broke

The shell and she learned

More about being a vampire.

Alice returned to America.

While waiting to meet Jasper

She went to college.

Found a human friend

With husband away at war

Until dreaded news arrived.

She helped her friend through

The grieving time until

She found another to love and marry.

That is when Alice found

The place where she was

To meet Jasper.

The visions were clearer.

The time must be close.

How to have patience?

She waited at the diner

Until the day arrived and

Jasper walked through the door.

They left together in the rain,

To discover each other

And the life to live together.