Hello my friends. Just let me say, the fact that you're here reading this right now is making me very, very happy. This is an AU poem about Seamus and Lavender. It takes place in the Battle of Hogwarts. Enjoy!
He met a girl with one foot in the sea
With an eye on fire
And a heart like a forest
Always growing higher
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She's meant for the world
At least that he could see
But then why does she have
One foot already in the sea?
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He said he didn't want to live without her
She always said she wanted to die first
She'd pick over the battle with her angel's wings
But without her, he'd be cursed
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And so he called her 'Valkyrie'
After the women who'd carry the dead
Of a warring battle to their graves
And offer comfort to those who saw red
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They searched together
For a place like heaven
Where all the flowers grow purple like heather
Deep within a forest of aspen
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But that is not love
No, that can't be
For all their lovely ethereal dreams
Love was still a lunatic city
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Crazy, wild, fiery, burning
He's crisping to ashes
And she's standing with one foot in the sea
Wave upon wave over her crashes
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She slips away into the sea
His cinders fly away on the wind
Through the years he collects again
Always wondering if he sinned
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They haven't spoken since
But he saw her body fall
A pathetic marionette
And the living use her as a seawall
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Barricade
Lavender is used as a barricade
And Seamus is just another boy
In the blockade
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He couldn't handle a love like her
Who'd set the world on fire with one foot in the sea
And he watches the others fall
He's ready for his Valkyrie
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What is this kind of love that destroys
Without the other, one cannot live
He thinks they both knew that
An angel's welcome is what she'd give
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They were both hurt
When it all fell apart
But she lived on in his mind
As his first sweetheart
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He almost sees it coming – the lightning
He falls to the stone cold floor
The others fade away
And there the Valkyrie stands like a heavenly door
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She came back
She came back for him
The Valkyrie come only for their loves
His heart explodes with a beautiful hymn
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Because after it all,
After almost two years
Lavender did not forget
His lonely-eyed tears
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He had hoped she hadn't died
That the body in the barricade was alive
But now that he's dying
He's glad she didn't survive
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Because like she wanted, she died first
And now she's here to save his soul – so it won't roam –
To a place with heather and aspen trees
Back to a heaven they called home
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There forever they'll always be
A girl with a heart and one foot in the sea
A boy with a hope and a dream and a prayer
That someday, together, they'd be there.
So what did you think? I haven't had a non-freeverse poem on here in a while. If you didn't catch it, it's AU because I had Seamus die too, not just Lavender. Please review and tell me how I did - I'd love feedback. Thanks!
Love always,
Lily
