Pagan Poetry
Chapter two
"The way she shimmers
The way she shines
The way she radiates
The way she lives
The way she loves
The way she never hates"
Shimmer, Shawn Mullins
Raven gasped as she surfaced the cold water.
Swimming usually wasn't on Raven's daily schedule.
Fighting, Meditating, tea, reading, Meditating, tea, training, fighting, fighting, reading, tea, sleeping.
THAT was her daily schedule.
What made Raven decide to swim for a change?
She doesn't even know, therefore, no one will know.
Raven flipped back her wet hair, and ran her hands through it.
She was wearing a black swimsuit, laced with blue patterns out the outside.
And a Black Pearl Necklace, also laced with blue.
Raven has never been the one for fashion.
Unlike Starfire.
She always insist that she and Raven have to go too the mall to find Raven a new outfit.
She pretends too look, but she never cares.
She likes her cape, and leotard.
This is the second time Raven wore anything besides that.
Raven takes a silent breath, and dives underwater again.
Strange.
It felt as if, her current worries, were floating away.
She knew that could never happen.
She wish that the fighting and battles with common or elite criminals would disappear.
Almost everyday, they attack.
They defeat them to defend the City…
The city is stupid at times.
Often wondering why she has to save it.
She saves people, because she's not like him….
Fighting causes her more stress.
Always having to meditate extra.
Which is one of the few things she enjoys.
But fighting in general puts too much stress on her mind.
With Robin screaming.
Cyborg yelling.
Beast Boy shrieking.
Starfire shouting words in Tamaranean.
It never ends….
Raven surfaces again, and climbs out of the water.
She runs her hands through her hair again and puts a towel around her neck.
Beast Boy walks in her direction, not knowing she is there.
When he sees her, Beast Boy ducks behind a tree, hoping that she didn't see him.
'Man THAT was a close one. She'd never let me live if I saw her in her bathing suit!'
'Which looked nice…'
Beast Boy peaks around the tree, and sees Raven, staring off into the ocean.
She frowns.
He smiles.
'I have never seen Raven in a swimming suit before. She looks kinda pretty. I've never seen her shimmer this way..."