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Written for the FreeVerse Competition by Mystii on the HPFC forum
Prompt: Never
Pairing: Percy/Penelope
(From Penelope's POV.)
&.&.&
i'm not here to say love is
e a s y
because it isn't
love
h u r t s
whenever he walks by me,
something
t w i n g e s
in my chest.
but he's n o t m i n e
&& never will be
he doesn't loveme back
it k i l l s me to say it, but it's the
t r u t h-.
this isn't a f a i r y t a l e
there's no handsome prince coming to save me
just my life, as it is.
i know i should let go, but i c a n ' t
there's just s o m e t h i n g about him
that keeps me watching
w a i t i n g .
i'm a fool
(a smart one, it's true)
but still a fool.
his smile
his eyes
the way he makes me laugh;
it's all part of a tapestry that I wove
j u s t f o r h i m
a tapestry he'll never see
a tapestry that will simply
r o t a w a y
in the corners of my mind
left without a purpose
damn him.
damn him to hell
I never wanted to feel like this
but (stupid) cupid
aimed in the w r o n g d i r c t i o n
shooting his arrow into the heart of a
boy
who doesn't want to fall in love
i can't breathe properly
my pulse goes into
o v e r d r i v e
when he's near me;
p r o o f
that he's badfor my health.
he's like a
s u g a r h i g h;
frantically raising my hopes
u p && d o w n
((u p && d o w n))
wanting so desperately to hate him,
i know it's an i m p o s s i b i l i t y
so i'll just let the record in my head
(the one saying 'n e v e r , n e v e r , n e v e r' over-and-over again)
play on.
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