Do you remember?
It was raining, remember…
Raining frozen hearts and tears,
And you were there.
With your solid sober black cloak.
With your cherry-red umbrella.
Waiting for the train.
The last train to Nowhere.
And the rain was cold, remember?
And you were shivering (slightly)
But your hair was on fire,
A raging, roaring fire,
That warmed and burned my soul.
And you saw me watching,
And the red hair flared,
And you snapped the red umbrella’s petals closed,
So that the rain could kiss your pale, pale face,
And you turned away.
And we stood there
On opposite ends of the universe
Where the same rain fell
Refusing to extinguish the fire,
Refusing to rekindle the flame
Until
You swerved towards me
Spraying crystal droplets
Spicy green eyes sharp
Frame and skin and lips
Soft
Infinitely soft
And you said -
"Tell me the truth."
And I said -
"Filthy Mudblood"
Please please don't leave me because I
love you, I love you, and I try to forget but don't
want to forget, I don't want a mere
memory of heat, please stay…
But you weren't listening
Or maybe you didn't want to hear
Or I might have spoken far too low
Or not at all
Because then the train to Nowhere chugged
Into that grey forgotten station
And you got on
And took with you…
The sober solid cloak of black,
The soft, soft skin
The cherry-red umbrella
The fiery sunset hair.
And I watched
The train
Leave the station
I watched it
Shrink into a mere black dot
And disappear.
And I stood there
Alone
In the rain.
Nowhere.