Firefly AI-generated art by the author

Back then

There were purple-blue seahorses and green jewels in the sea.

I danced with mermaids and laughed with the seals.

Seals are just dogs in the ocean, after all.

I tossed starfish for them to retrieve.

I floated on a giant bubble all the way to Spain.

You were there too, but you don’t remember.

Or, maybe to you — it was just a dream.

But I woke up with seaweed in my hair.

With seaweed. In my hair.