Shining

An Acrostic


As the train pulls into its Station, you take a

Moment to look around for the very last time.

Everything is unusually shabby, as if the

Lights have been dulled and flattened with grime - or maybe

It has always looked this way,

And only those who have left Hogwarts can see its truth.

.

Because you would swear that when you jumped

On this train for the very first time,

Nothing about it seemed dull.

Everything was so new back then, and

Shining, and now it just isn't.

.

Lucky, then, that there's a girl right next to you who shines on her own, with

Open arms and intense eyes and a smile that is almost

Vicious - and lucky that girl's fierce kiss is

Everything you have ever wanted - and lucky that

She loves you.

.

(Because you don't know yet, do you, that with

Every passing second this girl you're so

Lucky to have moves one inch closer to

Lord Voldemort.

And you don't know that in the end, she's the one who kills you.)

.


[Monthly Drabble-A-Thon: Amelia Bones]

[I Kissed a Girl Competition]

[Globetrotter Competition:London, England – Write about King's Cross Station]