Imagine this.
Imagine closing your eyes as the sunset dances on pink pointe toes across a charcoal sky, each star’s silver melting into purples and oranges. Image purple neon lights and Ferris wheels spinning, as girls with ombre hair run hand in hand. Brief kisses beneath road signs, tumbles through carnival grounds, and small stuffed animals stashed in purses. Fingers licked of cotton candy, and talking into joyful shrieks. Jean jacket pockets clinking with change as pennies are doled out and hair twirled by hand. Playful shoves on benches, couple selfies with cliché cheek kissing, and grins so big that the moon smiles back.
Imagine the feeling of joy, strung up with fairy lights over peppermint stripped tents, and rainbow balls rotating through the air. Imagine the red squeaker noses of a clown on the young and uncaring, hands sweaty but firmly clutched in each other’s. Imagine pastel dresses, a dance through wonderland as a spray-painted cat scrambles and jumps. Imagine purple and blue wigs, and flowy dresses stuffed with tulle and anticipation, and a nervous bubbly terror. Imagine first kisses beneath porch lights, and driving lessons with shut eyes and four hands on the wheel. Imagine black and white wedding dresses, yin and yang necklaces, and whispered vows at an altar. Imagine two girls running through wonderland, one tugging the other behind, both smiling as the sun sleeps and dances slow and heartbeats race unforgivingly. Image the tuck of a curl behind a dark ear, green eyes smiling at blue, an unforgettable moment trapped in time, in a place of wonder.