A/N: My first free-verse. Actually no, that's a lie: I wrote a 500-800 word poem once for a school competition because my Mum said my writing style suited it. So, um, here goes.
Oh, and, for the record, I don't think that James was some kind of seventies man-whore. But I do think he was attractive, charismatic, intelligent and wealthy, and so many girls would have been friends with him. The ones I refer to aren't necessarily all past one-night stands or even girlfriends, maybe just girls he talked to in Hogsmeade or whatever.
Disclaimer: Jo Rowling owns everything, including but not limited, to my soul. Inspired by Stargazer by Paloma Faith, you may have noticed that I filched some of the lyrics (mainly for the summary).
we are shining
or
stargazer
you'd had others
of course
you'd had others
but theyblottedthe landscape of your infinite constellations
they were dull and dusty
[nothing]
compared to the sheer iridescence of the galaxies she ~glowed~
sometimes it h-u-r-t to look at her
she glittered so intensely
but you were not afraid of /pain/ and never
tore
- your eyes -
away
in the entirety of your space
a few girls faded to dusk
a few still emitted a warm ((glow))
a few never :shone: at all
she was always there
delicately dazzling
she floated through your brain
and you managed
to
catch!
her
managed to contain her shimmering light within yourself
James Potter: star collector
and there was one star you loved more than all the others
.
you'd had others
of course
you'd had others
but sometimes they
| | obscured | |
your view of The One
with their opinionated OpAqUeNeSs
they were .b.l.a.n.d. or single-minded or arrogant idiots
compared to the illuminating kindness exuding from him
in the {completeness} of your constellations
there were few who'd retained your flic ker ing light
one had it
but extinguished it with the
throw
of a word in a whirl of indignation
t
u
m
b
l
i
n
g
further into the vacuum the others had created
no matter how you unfailingly hard you
tried
to
reach
him
one wanted it
more than all the others
and le a pt over planets to get it
never let it
s l i p
from his grasp once he was granted with your brightness
Lily Evans: you knew about the skies
and the ones they contained
so you'd let yourself be wary of (love)
.
you'd had others
of course
you'd had others
but now you had
each
other
James Potter + Lily Evans
together you waltzed
across the
*s*t*a*r*s*
lighting up the sky
like a
flame
I think my iPod supports me here. Whilst writing it played All Star and She's Like A Star…so then I had to make a playlist of songs with the word 'star' in them. Going a little crazy here.
My first free-verse: review? :3