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.