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