Imperfect
For Remi (reminiscent-afterthought)
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
- The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost
She didn't mind that it was pouring rain -
Rain was more interesting than sunshine,
Because it was cold, and
Dangerous, and altogether
Imperfect.
.
(And Merlin knew
Lily Evans was
Imperfect.)
.
They climbed the hill hand in hand,
And twice she slipped, and twice he
Caught her.
Her dress was torn, and her feet were
Bare, and everything about her
Was alive and wild and
Imperfect.
.
And the two of them didn't make sense -
Because Lily Evans liked rules and
James Potter liked chaos
And didn't she think she was better suited
For a boy-next-door like Severus Snape?
.
(Secretly she thought she'd turn back someday
And give the boy next door a chance -
But for now she tread down the rarer path
With the boy who was so
Imperfect
For her.)
.
At the top of the hill he told her to
Close her eyes
(And she said no -
Because if he wanted chaos, then
She was going to break every rule she could find.)
.
Close your eyes, he said again, and
For the second time
She said no.
.
Then look, he said, and he knelt,
And in the middle of the rain he offered her
A star yoked to a silver band.
Look at this, and tell me whether
You think
We could be
Perfect.
.
(She smiled and shook her head.
Not perfect, she said, because perfect was
Sunshine, and Merlin knew
Lily Evans
Preferred rain.)
.
And she kissed him until
They were thoroughly soaked
In thunder and mud
And each other.
.
[Battleship Challenge: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost]
[100 prompts: Climbing; "Look at this"]
[Monthly Drabble-A-Thon: Weather]
[Globetrotter Competition: Saint Petersburg, Russia – use the phrase "three time's the charm" as inspiration.]
[Heads or Tails Challenge: Second Level B - Tails - third person past tense]
[Twelve Days of Christmas Style Challenge: Five Eras - Marauders Era (5/5)]
