Prom

Just left work and couldn't help but smile at the kids arriving at the museum for their Prom. Dressed up so grown, faces full of makeup, suits with matching shoes and ties. The excitement and joy of feeling like the world is at your fingertips.

I wonder how different the high-school experience is now. Access to everything in a second, no hiding who you are because it's deemed taboo. Just free.

A different time and place right?

Maybe I would've met a different first love. One that would have loved me back. One that I could have grown with. One that I somehow could have found my way back to. Together we got our happy ending.

Old enough to remember when and foolish enough to still hope for something different..