Chapter Notes: Okay, first thing is first: I don't own it--that pretty much sums it up. Alrighty then, a little bit about this poem. Have you ever been wanting to get to sleep and you can't? Have you ever had a truck-load of caffiene right beforehand to go along with that? I'm talking both of these things like really late at night? Have you ever heard "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan? It kinda makes you space-out. Mix all of those ingredients together and you will get how I was feeling when I wrote this poem--it literally came from nowhere and seemed like a good idea at the time. I'm apologize for how long it is--and how long this author's note is--but once I started, I couldn't stop writing. So, anyways, please R&R!
The ocean waves
Caressed the shore,
Tickling the sand.
The green sea’s brine
Broke the stillness
Of the night.
The wind whistled
Through the reeds
And grasses;
It then began
To brush my hair
And gently touch
My weary face.
I smiled
Into the ocean.
I smiled
Into the night.
I smiled
With the salty sea.
I smiled
To the deathly still.
Then her perfume
Ripped the scene;
Honeysuckle
Banishing salt;
Her smile
Perked my senses.
Her vibrant hair
Made me grin.
The corners
Of her mouth
Curved slyly.
She approached,
And I waited.
Yes, I waited,
For I didn’t
Want to run.
I’d been running
Far too long,
And I was
Finished, done.
I would run
No longer.
Her gentle hand
Landed on
My tired hip,
And her face
Was alight with
Affection.
She had adorned
A loose tank top
That fell
About her grace.
She smiled
Into my eyes
And loosened
My tight face.
My own white shirt
Billowed about me,
Thrashing in the wind.
It was so different
From my conscious”
It barely
Held me in.
The top buttons
Were undone
To reveal
My graying chest.
I smiled again;
This was the real me
That even the wolf
Could not touch.
Our hands clasped
In one moment
Of sweet bliss;
Her soft, white palm
Enclosed in
My rough paw.
I allowed
Her embrace
To fall into me;
Our cheeks”
They gently touched.
That’s when she looked
Beyond me to
Where the moon
Was shining bright:
A full orb
Reflected
In her eyes;
But I knew
There wasn’t danger.
I looked into
The moon above;
Of it I
Was no stranger.
I realized then
This was a dream
As moonlight’s
Glance fell on me.
No pain I felt
As white-blue light
Filled my own
Old features.
I was still I;
No monster grew
From the moonlight’s curse.
I smiled again,
For I knew
Over was the worse.
For in my dream
I was free
From my wolfen bonds,
So I could
Free my love
From chains that
I had cast upon;
They’d halted me from
Kissing those sweet lips
That now smiled
So innocently
Into my
Weary face.
I freed myself;
I let loose love
And returned
Her smile fair.
My hand found
Its place at last
On her swaying hip.
We moved together
As one forever,
Dancing to the wind,
Who played love’s song
The whole night long
In the waves
And hollow reeds.
We danced and swayed
The nighttime through;
The moonlight we ignored.
We saw only
Each other’s eyes
And the love
That now had spurred.
The sky shone bright,
The stars fell to
The dropping
Of the waves,
And only I
Knew the secrets
The stars would
Never tell.
They were like
One thousand
Untold love stories,
Each a different jewel:
A thousand victims
Falling quickly
To the fortune
That is love.
I felt at peace,
Looking at the sky.
The brightest star
Winked at me”
Congratulating
My love, alive.
And I knew
That star was
Sirius,
Kept in heaven’s
Paradise,
And he was
Watching from
His perch, happy
At long last.
I heard his
Bark-like laugh
Quickly join the wind,
So I held
His cousin tighter.
He was glad,
And so was I,
That love made
Life much lighter.
And I knew
That watching, too,
Were somewhere
James and Lily.
Their love was strong
And though they’re gone,
I could feel
Them linger still.
They seemed to know
I’d found my place
Within my
Sea nymph’s arms.
I knew their love-
Tale was enshrined
In the blanket
Of shimmering stars,
And I knew,
As our lips met,
That our story
Was there, too.
Yes, from this beach
Our story’s told
As we fall
Into our fold.
Our story’s
Now a shining star,
An untold tale,
Best seen afar;
And I melted
Into her warm lips
And let them
Gently caress
My own, closing
My eyes as the
World stopped.
The world stopped
For us alone.
And I released her,
My love building still;
I looked beyond her
To a cabin near.
A nod of my head
And a twisted grin
Told her I was
Ready to begin.
She followed me
In our loving race,
Trust and peace
Etched on her face.
And we fell
Into our love,
For we knew
What was to come.
And then a light
Unrelated
To the moon
Opened my eyes,
Releasing my dream,
Erasing my
Nymphadora.
The sea was gone,
No cabin was there;
Only my room”
Desolate and bare;
It was void of love,
As was my heart.
I sighed, greeting
Morning’s sun.
The irony
Amused me
Only for a spell:
That the dawn
Which usually blessed
Me, vanishing
My inner beast,
Had now bestowed
A new curse,
Erasing my dream.
I’d wanted the dream
To continue;
I’d wanted it
Never to end.
But, of course,
That’s why it
Is a dream”
Impossible,
It always seems.
Of course I
Could not have
My love;
Of course my
Heart was frozen.
I rose from bed,
Trying to erase
Love from my mind,
“But, Remus…”
I could hear shadows
Of my dream
Whisper still,
“It is love that
Keeps us alive.”
“But not for me,”
I shouted to
The voices
In my head,
“Love for me
Spells only my
Nymphadora dead.”
I could hear the stars
Above my roof
Mourn and scoff
At me as they
Faded into day.
My three great friends,
Now only stars,
Would shake their
Heads in shame
If they knew
What it is I do
To cause my
Nymphadora pain.
“They wouldn’t see,
They wouldn’t know…”
I tell myself
More firmly.
“You’re a burden,
Nothing more.”
I sighed, knowing
The truth at last,
“She’s for your dreams,
And your dreams only.”