A/N: So, I've been rather deeply immersed in Harry Potter fanfciton lately, and I've come to realize that Andromeda Tonks is my favorite character, ever. This epiphany came after reading DeepDownSlytherin's epic A Keen Observer. I've been meaning to do it for ages, and now that I've finished it, I find myself filled with self-musings and wonders of the world and life. During one of these broods, this came out, and I thought it fit a young Andromeda nicely. Hopefully, you do too.
I Want to Live
When I grow up,
I want to see flowers.
I want to see lilies and orchids,
petunias and daisies,
anemones and all the flowers you could imagine.
Maybe, sometimes, roses, too.
But not those from the store.
I want to see real, luscious roses.
I want to see flowers.
When I grow up,
I want to see paintings.
I want to see faces and portraits,
tranquil landscapes and breath-taking sceneries,
all smeared together with faint hues,
faint hues and all the colors of the rainbow.
Vibrant, bold, intimate.
All the colors of the rainbow.
When I grow up,
I want to bury my face in novels,
books, poems, and heavy tomes.
I want to drift away to another world,
and be left alone to ponder,
to ponder and think and wonder.
I want to savor the words
of writers before me,
and indulge in their secrets.
I want to read.
When I grow up,
I want to lay in a grassy field,
and relish the cool breeze against my tongue.
I want to gaze up at the cloud-marred sky,
and point in wonder at stars in the night.
I want to lay under those blankets,
of dainty blue and velvet black,
and be.
I want to bask in the sun.
I want to roll in the dawn,
feel the warmth of the day creeping on me,
and smile to myself.
I want to shiver in the twilight,
and think of the day to come.
I want to lay in grassy fields.
When I grow up,
I want to enjoy a romance.
I want true, heartfelt understanding,
unwavering passion and devotion,
and a soul that is kindred to mine.
I want us to be the same,
I want us to know and accept,
to be kind and gentle.
I want to love.
When I grow up,
I want to see flowers.
I want to see paintings.
I want to lose myself in books,
and tune out the world in grassy fields.
I want the sun on my back,
and love in my heart.
When I grow up,
I want to live.
~Andy
A/N: Review and concrit on your way out, please. :D
