Greetings, Earthlings! I have returned from the horrors of College Applications and AP Classes! I don't like to talk about it, it wasn't a pleasant experience for me. I still have nightmares. And I'll likely be dragged back under any minute now, I haven't escaped yet.
Christopher Paoloni, YOU ARE KILLING ME. I asked you for ONE KISS (and I didn't specify a couple, either!), and I get a whole bunch of buildup on BOTH accounts only to have you CRUSH MY SOUL. WHY. It would have been SO EASY for you to just toss some macking in in multiple places, but NOO. You just have to destroy my happiness.
I've never written freeverse before, so let me know how this turned out. It's not necessarily meant to be in Arya's character, but it's her point of view. I like to think of it as the cynical little voice everyone has somewhere in the shadows of their minds, not precisely her own thoughts. If that makes sense. Tell me what you think!
Disclaimer: You think if I owned the Inheritance Cycle I'd be bitching this much? Use your brains, people.
Flames gladly accepted to contribute to the pyre for burning my AP Physics textbook at the stake.
Well, just
l o o k a t y o u,
Sitting *pretty* on your
special little throne
All done up
For everyone to see.
BUT
Since whendo you care
About this stupid shit?
Didn't you always hate this kind of thing?
All the fake smiles and having to be ohsocharming to
E v e r y o n e
You meet?
Oh, but dearest, you still do.
BUT
You just grit your teeth and do it.
Not because of d u t y, no, you sh/a/t\t/ere/d\ that pedestal
Y
E
A
R
S
Ago, right?.
[ So then why are you still stuck up there? ]
It's all because of HIM; that foolish boy
(who's really just p e r f e c t)
Who stole your heart when you
l o o k e d a w a y.
BUT
Darling dearest~, you gave it to him.
[ She swears it's the eyes that made her, what was she to do? ]
And right when that moment
Was just horriblyterrifyinglywonderfully
R
I
G
H
T
[ Dearie, don't you know that nothing ever lasts? ]
He says he's l e a v I n g and he isn't coming back.
I must've misheard. I'm sorry, what was that?
BUT
Neither of you two can possibly (be)nd
You're both just such d*e*v*o*t*e*d people,
"Alas, t'was never
fated."
How terribly cliché of you both.
SO
You just keep
Sitting *pretty* on your
special little throne
All done up
For everyone to see.
W a i t i n g
(just in case)
HE happens to s.t.r.o.l.l. o.n. i.n.
That foolish boy
(who you miss so much it aches)
Decides that "Fate" can
S
H
O
V
E
I
T
Because you're all he wants,
And d u t y,
And predestination,
And every cliché in the world
Couldn't possibly keep HIM from you.
[ He did say something along those lines once, I do believe ]
You just
Keep w a i t i n g, honey.
You always did just love to be the
Damsel in distress.
BUT
What happened to the girl who kicked down the tower door
To go find her own damn destiny?
The girl who insisted she hated
W a i t i n g
When she could just do it herself.
(& look prettier the whole time)
?
Oh, that girl? She must've l e f t
With HIM,
'Cause she's nowhere to be seen.
SO
Keep w a i t i n g, *princess*.
HE's not coming back.
Because that's what
Fate said,
{ heaven forbid } we tempt Her
[ Don't despair, love; She's cruel to us all ]
AN: So what do we think? It's definitely much more cynical than anything CP ever writes, but I wanted a lot of angst. :)
À tout à l'heure!
~Capricieuse