AND DREAM AWAY
Chapter 12
Couldn't believe the boat was still there and even started. Stupid Club should have sunk it.
Problem with boats is that you have plenty of time to think and remember. Thought about some of the smuggling missions, won't be doing any more of that. Wondered what I would do.
Tried not to think about Alice or the dreams. Reached down and pulled out some good memories. Ones I didn't want to lose.
Afternoon tea in me mother's garden. Soft sunlight filtering thru trees whose silver leaves tinkled in the breeze. Tiny cream cakes and sweet hot tea. Falling asleep to the sound of the piano.
Helping me father look after the royal stallions. Brushing and braiding ribbons in their manes and tails for state occasions. The sounds and smells of a stable are with me forever. It's one o' the safest places to be.
"The leaves of memory seemed to make a mournful rustling in the dark.*" The cat appeared on the seat beside me, where Alice had sat. "Footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take. Towards the door we never opened.*"
"You're making less sense than usual."
"I love poetry, don't you?" The cat sighed and settled himself on the seat.
"Not really." Kept an eye on the sky for Scarabs and Flamingos.
"Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rather than pushed by our memories.*"
"The dreams are just making things worse. She's going to ride off with someone else in the end." She's still in love with Jack bloody Heart.
"There are many things in life that will catch your eye. But only a few will catch your heart.*" The cat rolled it's head upside down to look up at me. "A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.*"
"She's caught more than me eye." Took a deep breath. She's caught me heart and soul. "Hope is all I have." And not much of that.
"There are only four questions of value in life.
What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made of?
What is worth living for?
What is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same. Only love."
The cat faded away and I was alone again.
Cheshire Quotes:
The leaves of memory seemed to make a mournful rustling in the dark. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take. Towards the door we never opened. - T.S. Eliot
"Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rather than pushed by our memories. - Jesse Jackson.
There are many things in life that will catch your eye. But only a few will catch your heart. - Ben Crenshaw
"A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. - Charles M. Schulz
There are only four questions of value in life.
What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made of?
What is worth living for?
What is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same. Only love. - Don Juan Demarco
AN: Sorry for the short chapter. Hopefully some of the longer ones made up for it. Hatter strikes me as kind of a loner. Not many real friends.
