{"product_id":"letter-005-alice-alice-wake-up","title":"Letter 005 — Alice, Alice, Wake Up!","description":"\u003cp\u003eDear me,\u003cbr\u003eDrinks on the left.\u003cbr\u003eDrinks on the right.\u003cbr\u003eParty dresses everywhere.\u003cbr\u003eMakeup so heavy it turns faces into guesses.\u003cbr\u003eThe same songs again and again —\u003cbr\u003elike the record is broken\u003cbr\u003eand no one wants to fix it\u003cbr\u003ebecause at least it's familiar.\u003cbr\u003eEveryone is talking about accomplishments.\u003cbr\u003eMoney.\u003cbr\u003eSex.\u003cbr\u003eLife.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a new year.\u003cbr\u003eAnd I'm in the middle of all of this,\u003cbr\u003etrying to get to the bar for another drink.\u003cbr\u003eMy mind is a mess.\u003cbr\u003eThat voice again — the one from the letters.\u003cbr\u003eTonight I don't want to be becoming.\u003cbr\u003eI just want to party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother drink doesn't do the trick.\u003cbr\u003eThere's a border I keep finding —\u003cbr\u003ethe side where this is enough\u003cbr\u003eand the side where one more sip becomes something else entirely.\u003cbr\u003eI'm standing right on the line.\u003cbr\u003eNot sure which side I'm choosing.\u003cbr\u003eNot sure it matters.\u003cbr\u003eMy body is stiff.\u003cbr\u003eBracing for something that never arrives.\u003cbr\u003eThere's a feeling I can't shake —\u003cbr\u003ethat something here doesn't add up.\u003cbr\u003eNot for me.\u003cbr\u003eNot anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear me,\u003cbr\u003eI wore black, like you told me.\u003cbr\u003eI let my hair down, like you told me.\u003cbr\u003eAnd yes — I like what I see.\u003cbr\u003eI'm just not sure I recognise her yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music gets louder.\u003cbr\u003eSomeone refills my glass without asking.\u003cbr\u003eI smile at the right moments.\u003cbr\u003eSay the right things.\u003cbr\u003eAnd somewhere in the middle of all of it\u003cbr\u003eI start to drift.\u003cbr\u003eNot outward.\u003cbr\u003eInward.\u003cbr\u003eShe followed me here.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bathroom mirror.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Sunday mornings.\u003cbr\u003eFrom every letter I wrote thinking no one was listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alice, Alice, wake up.\"\u003cbr\u003eHer voice.\u003cbr\u003eMy voice.\u003cbr\u003eThe one I've been building\u003cbr\u003eone Sunday at a time.\u003cbr\u003eEverything blurs.\u003cbr\u003eMy body moves with the music.\u003cbr\u003eFor a moment I am exactly where I am supposed to be.\u003cbr\u003eUntil —\u003cbr\u003e\"Alice, Alice, wake up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I did.\u003cbr\u003eBut the rest of the room didn't.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Letters To Myself","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":57916242297163,"sku":null,"price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/4802\/7979\/files\/LLTM_Banner_2_86f53339-ae95-4876-9592-636447b816b6.jpg?v=1785562821","url":"https:\/\/loveletterstomyself.co\/products\/letter-005-alice-alice-wake-up","provider":"Love Letters To Myself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}