oh baby boy, did you forget what it was like to live? let me show you. we can capture fairies in glass jars while we twirl through the evergreens, falling and laughing. we can begin long conversations with the trolls while eating peppermint patties, even if neither of us like the minty taste. we can scream at passing trains until the echo surges through their veins, turning them into frightened tigers and circus elephants. we can stare at the moon’s seductive wink to the fickle-hearted stars; observe the talking lily pads. we can jump, high, high, until we’re soaring above our homes and their homes and all that we’d ever known. we can make love. and tomorrow, we can forget each other. but we won’t forget life.