there used to be this lush green field, a massive sky shifting colors but usually always sky-blue, because it had to be the sky after all, with arching dragons and the most graceful little butterflies, there used to be lavender and poppy and of course, cherry blossoms, all thriving strangely in the same habitat but never seeming out of place. whenever she visited it, she could pluck ripe ideas, or brew new tender ones. it is gone now, replaced with medals and important papers, red painted A+ s and excel sheet schedules. the truth is, it's still there, packed into a box, she gently opens it sometimes with curiosity like pandora's, and then closes it soon enough with the excuse of calling it nostalgia