The Thing That Remains

by Elizabeth Firebreath

Memorable things come in a flash, and are gone just as quickly, it is those unseen and uncared for that have a tendency to linger on. Poem inspired by my fics St. Mathew and The Invisible Boy.

May mourning,

blue sky,

green grass,

blooming flowers,

white clouds,

Sounds of life,

Taste of rain,

Feel of air,

Far ahead,

Awaiting you,

The extraordinary boy.

June sunset,

Sea of color,

Blending together,

Swirling and splashing,

expanses of yellow,

Sounds of water,

Taste of salt,

Feel of air,

Every moment,

In that moment,

The constant boy.

July night,

Flames licking,

Smoke rising,

Meeting blackness,

pinpricks of brightness,

Sounds of breaking,

Taste of fire,

Feel of heat,

Burning burning,

Burning out,

The impossible boy.

August,

Stop,

Ending of something,

Beginning of everything,

Stop,

In the Rain,

The broken boy,

September day,

Shadows casting,

Cold reawakening,

Sunshine reseeding,

Endings beginning,

Sounds disagreeing,

Taste disintegrating,

Feel disappearing,

May June July gone,

Taken with the wind.

The thing that remains,

The invisible boy.