The Tide
And there's three, count 'em three
Children playing on the beach
They were eager to learn
To be taught, and to teach
The Potter kids stood in the warm sand, watching the ocean's waves, each thinking different thoughts.
There's James
He's biting his lip
As he watches the waves turn white at the tip
James looks out at the seemingly never ending ocean. He can understand why muggles used to think the world was just a long flat thing, and that you could fall off. He hears his mother giggle when his father kisses her nose, and he hears his siblings groan at their outward display of affection. His parents love was true love, a life-time of affection.
And there's Albus
Radiating with joy
And luckily he still can't stand the sight of a girl
Albus groans when he sees his father kiss his mother. He still can't stand being near a lot of girls (they have cooties, after all! And yes, he still believes that even though he is 12). But he is happy that his parents will be together forever, he knows a lot of wizard families who have gotten divorced.
And lastly there's Lily
Her hair dances in the wind
And she's wondering what love is
And why it has to end
Lily sits on the dock, trying to skip rocks. She feels awkward when her parents kiss in front of her, but she still likes to know they care about each other. She wishes she could find a boy who would love her like her dad loves her mum, but, after all, she is only 10.
And she can't understand
How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends
Her father is gone. She can not believe it. He loved her mother more than anything, she thought.
Her mother whispers quietly
"Heavens not a place you go when you die,
Its that moment in life when you actually feel alive,
So live for that moment
And take this advice, live by every word
Love is just a hoax so forget everything that you have heard
So live for the moment now"
Lilylays in bed, quietly crying, sob's jerking her body again and again. Her mother stumbles in, kisses her forehead, and tells her the advice that she believes everyone should live by. Lily nods, but secretly, she still believes love exists.
And there's three, count 'em, three
Children growing on the beach
They were eager to learn
To be taught, and to teach
James, Albus, and Lily stand on the beach, the tide running over their feet. They stood, just watching the sunset.
There's James
Licking his lips
As he waits for his real, first passionate kiss
James still believes he will find the right girl, even if his mother doesn't. Just because his mother's true love left her doesn't mean his will.
And there's Albus,
Can't admit his jealousy
Of his brother and sister, and how they still believe
Albus doesn't, won't, can't believe in true love. Everyone thought that his parents love was true, and his father was still able to leave them. He shakes his head, not wanting to think about love anymore.
And lastly there's Lily
Still sitting on the dock,
Ponders her life, and skips her rocks
And she wonders when her father will return
But he's not coming back
Lily's silent tears run down her face. It seems as if she hasn't stopped crying since her mother and father's fight. She violently throws another rock at the water, trying to release all her pent-up anger.
And she can't understand,
How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends
Her mother whispers quietly,
"Heavens not the place you go when you die,
Its that moment in life when you actually feel alive,
So live for the moment,
And take this advice, live by every word
Love is just a hoax so forget everything you have heard"
Lily remembers her mother's words the night of the fight. It seems as if every breath she takes is painful, filled with regret that she didn't hug her father more, didn't tell him she loved him more often. Maybe, she thinks, it was her fault he left?
And there's three, count 'em, three
Children missing from the beach
They were eager to learn
To be taught, and to teach
The three Potter kidsnever went to the beach again. It was too painful, too filled with past memories of happiness, joy, and their father.
But the sad thing
Is that they never lived past the age of fifteen
Due to neglect from their mother
Who was bedridden by her ex-lover, their father
They couldn't stay there with their mother anymore. It was hard to see her just laying there, too depressed to even feed her children.
She didn't even notice, or pay much attention
As the tide came in and swept her three into the ocean
Now all her advice, it seems useless
They left her that night, but since there was no food, no nothing in the house, the only thing they took with them was their wands. But it seemed useless.
No, heavens not the place you go when you die
It's that moment in life when you touch her and you feel alive
So live for the moment
They never lived to find true love. They never lived to even find a girlfriend or a boyfriend. It was to hard. James tried to save his siblings, but what could he do? He was only 13. But he and Lily wrote one last thing on a piece of parchment before they left.
So take this advice
Live by every word
Love is completely real
So forget anything that you've ever heard
And live for the moment now
Autobiography by:
James and Lily Potter