For a moment,
they became a watery mess,
impossible to differentiate
beyond red and gold
She pauses delicately as she leans forward,
long hair laying a curtain around them,
clinging and hiding them within its waves
She smiles, feels that old bitter joy
jump into her throat,
watches her become blanketed
within Alice's long blond hair and her red hair,
only tied back enough to avoid suffocating from the
harsh pull together
She laughs and feels her steady embrace
and becomes a silent togetherness
as finally,
they merge in their embrace
with curtains of long, long hair
to keep them pulled tight.
