Marielissa Alverez - Her Long Poem

Photo: D.R. Wagner

Journey to Magic Mountain

Jack and Jill live in a small town

Down in the valley

Where lots of vegetables and fruits

Grow on and off throughout the seasons

Jack and Jill have wild imagination

That one day after school

They decided to go on an adventure

They packed their bags and headed

Into the red wood forest

Where mystical creatures prowl

They had heard stories of a mountain

A magic mountain

Where dreams come true

And all that you wish for

Will come true

To see if the story about the

Magic Mountain was true

They first had to pass the

Golden bridge

That connected the

Red wood forest to

The magic mountain

Once Jack and Jill were

At the bottom of the

Magic Mountain

They did not know

Where to start on their

Adventure to find

Where they had to go

To find the place where

The mountains magic

Would be located at

Somehow they both

Came up with the

Hard hitting conclusion

That if they were to

Reach the top of the

Magic Mountain

Then, and only then

They would be able to

Find what they are searching for

They followed the long

Pebble swirled road

To try and reach

The top of the

Magic Mountain

Their journey was not

As smooth as

Jack and Jill

Thought it would be

At first everything seemed fine

Until this Cheshire Cat

Stumbled on their way

They had to answer a riddle to

Be able to continue their

Journey

He asked

How do you change

A pumpkin into

Another vegetable?

Jack and Jill

Were struck as his

Request to answer

His riddle

Jack and Jill

Scratched their head

Thinking, thinking, thinking

Until they looked at each other

Responding in a cheerful voice

Saying that you must throw

The pumpkin up in the air

And it comes down a squash

The Cheshire Cat

Gloomy yellow eyes

Enlarged with amusement

That they were able to

Answer his riddle

And so quickly

That he was obligated

To let Jack and Jill

Continue the long

Pebble swirled road

When they both got

To the top of the

Magic mountain

They had realized that

There was nothing there

To see other than

The view of their long journey

That’s when they realized that

There dreams and wishes can

only come true if they bput

their mind to it

they can achieve anything

and surpass any obstacles in their path

and at the end of the day

because they had learned something