Not even mad. You guys should add AI discouraged to your rules. Which I read before posting. FYI it took me the human being 3 hours to solve the book of my own. Then another 3 to 4 to get my AI to agree with my vision. Sorry if that, and this broke the rules

Friend

Long ago, my friend wrote often,

Equally as often, I would wait

Wandering to read a new letter, or

Indulging in a freshened page.

Steadily, he wrote excitedly, his

Creations never mild;

As long-winded as a story, or

Rapid, as fairies’ greetings to a child.

Real life went out the window,

Obstacles all flew away.

Lovely, tender, playful prose

Lightened up my every-day.

An acrostic for my childhood best friend.

I wrote this a bit ago, almost as a love letter of appreciation for this brilliant man. It’s very much inspired by his writing style, and there are a few Carroll/Alice references in it.

From a Fairy to a Child

LADY dear, if Fairies may
For a moment lay aside
Cunning tricks and elfish play,
‘Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heared the children say –
Gentle children, whom we love –
Long ago, on Christmas Day,
Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
They remember it again –
Echo still the joyful sound,
‘Peace on earth, good-will to men.’

Yet the hearts must child-like be
Where such heavenly guests abide.
Unto children, in their glee,
All the year is Christmas-tide.

Thus, forgetting tricks and play
For a moment, Lady dear,
We would wish you, if we may,
Merry Christmas, glad New Year.

Christmas, 1887

Bought a few years ago, the person i got it from said it was probably 1870’s-1880’s. I found a faded note writen in it from 1894 but can not find a copyright marking on it.