A Ticket to Joy by Heather25x
Summary: To Harry, Hogwarts always felt more like home than Privet Drive. As readers, we often forget how elated Harry must feel when he is leaving Private Drive - a place of lonliness and anger - to Hogwarts - a place of excitement and joy - after a long summer. This is my take on what must have been going through Harry's mind when he rode the Hogwarts Express every September.
Categories: Poetry Characters: None
Warnings: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 222 Read: 1818 Published: 04/14/09 Updated: 04/17/09

1. Chapter 1 by Heather25x

Chapter 1 by Heather25x
I watch the fields go whizzing past
As I sit comfortably in my seat.
The lady comes past with a trolley
Full of mouth-wateringly delicious sweets.

I casually unwrap a Chocolate Frog,
My friends all chatting happily,
My eyes are stuck on the beautiful scenery,
Speeding past rapidly.

It’s like a potion for forgetting my troubles,
The pain I felt won’t stay for long,
This train is like a ticket to joy,
Taking me to where I belong.

I stare at the gorgeous meadows and fields,
Racing past the window,
I watch them the same way every year,
It’s like all of my secrets they know.

The sun then fades and the rain starts to fall,
And I get a different sensation,
Replacing the tranquil thoughts in my mind
Is quiet deliberation.

I wonder what will happen when
I’m done taking this train to my home,
Will I be left with the pain of before?
Will I be left all alone?

Hogwarts was like a relief for me,
Where I met new family and friends,
It’ll only last seven short years,
I often worry about the end.

But for now I will content myself
With the thoughts these fields employ,
And I’ll just be at peace with the wonderful moments
Spent on this ticket to joy.
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